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The Township of Manvers (area ) was a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the former
Victoria County Victoria County is the name of several locations:
In Australia:
*Victoria County, Western Australia
* County of Victoria, South Australia
In Canada:
* Victoria County, New Brunswick
* Municipality of the County of Victoria and the eponymous histo ...
, now the city of
Kawartha Lakes
The City of Kawartha Lakes (2021 population 79,247) is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. It is a municipality legally structured as a single-tier city; however, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontario county and is mostl ...
, in the
Canadian
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province of
Ontario
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.
History
From 1792 to 1974 Manvers Township was located in
Durham County, which was united with
Northumberland County in 1800 for administrative purposes.
The township was officially established in 1816 and named in honour of
Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
Charles (Medows) Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers (4 November 1737 – 17 June 1816) was a British naval officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons
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. At that time land grants were made to
United Empire Loyalists
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, retiring soldiers and other friends of the crown.
[''The Trail Through The Bush - A brief history of Manvers Township'' by Sherrell Branton Leetooze. copyright 1998, L.M-J Associates.
]
In 1974, an extensive re-organization of municipal administrative divisions took place. Durham County was separated from Northumberland County, renamed the
Regional Municipality of Durham
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and incorporated most of the former Ontario County; in the process, Manvers Township was transferred to the
County of Victoria
The County of Victoria is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1857 and probably named for Queen Victoria. It covers an area of the Spencer Gulf coast and hinterland in the Mi ...
.
Effective January 1, 2001, Victoria County was dissolved and its municipalities and townships were amalgamated; the new administrative municipal division was named the
City of Kawartha Lakes
The City of Kawartha Lakes (2021 population 79,247) is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. It is a municipality legally structured as a single-tier city; however, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontario county and is mostl ...
.
Communities
*Ballyduff
*
Bethany
Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the West B ...
*Brunswick
*Fleetwood
*Franklin
*Lifford
*Lotus
*Manvers Station
*
Pontypool
Pontypool ( cy, Pont-y-pŵl ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It has a population of 28,970.
Location
It is situated on the Afon Lwyd ri ...
*Yelverton
*Janetville
See also
*
List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
References
Sources
* ''Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927'' by Jesse Edgar Middletwon & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto.
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Communities in Kawartha Lakes
Former township municipalities in Ontario