March Township is a

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and former municipality originally part of

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in eastern

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. It is currently part of the City of

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. It is located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by

Torbolton Township Torbolton is a geographic township and former municipality that was originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Torbolton is located in the north-western part of the county, bordered to the southwest by Fitzroy Township, to the ...

, to the southwest by

Huntley Township Huntley is a former incorporated and now geographic township in Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Huntley was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by Fitzroy Township, to the northeast by March Township, ...

, to the east by

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, to the south by

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and to the north by the

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. According to the Canada 2001 Census, the Township had a population of approximately 26,650.

History

The township took its name from the

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, the

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. The township was established in the 1820s. Early settlers in the area included

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and Doctor Alexander James Christie. Long before the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

was established in 1876, retired British navy and army officers who had settled in March township, proposed a military college boarding school for boys on the Great Lakes on naval and military lines in 1826. By 1866, March was a post village with a population of about 100, situated in the township of March, and county of Carleton. The postmaster was T. Read. Citizens included W.H. Berry, brewer; George I McMurtry tanner, saddle and harness maker; William Boucher, saw mill proprietor; D Munroe, hotel keeper; Horace Pinhey, saw mill owner and D. McMurtry, general merchant. Ottawa City and counties of Carleton and Russell Directory, 1866-7 In 1978, all of the township became part of the new city of Kanata. The village of

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was also located in the township. In 2001, this area was amalgamated into the new city of

Reeves

*1850

*1856 R.Y. Greene *1864 W.H. Berry *1868 R.Y. Greene *1871 William Richardson *1876 R.Y. Greene *1897 n/a *1907 S. Gilchrist *1909 O. Riddell *1910 S. Gilchrist *1911 O. Riddell *1912 Godfrey Armitrage *1913 A.H. Acres *1917 George Armstrong *1923 C.R. Irvine *1925 Godfrey Armitrage *1932 John M. Storey *1949 Claude V. Riddell *1960 Ernest McCord *1962 Charles Sweeney *1963 Harold N. Craig *1968

John Mlacak John Mlacak (February 27, 1936http://www.letudiantoutaouais.ca/Culture/2009-11-19/article-1488747/John-Mlacak-:-peintre-et-pionnier-a-Kanata/1 – September 19, 2014) was a Canadian politician and painter. He served as reeve of March Township, O ...

*1976

Marianne Wilkinson Marianne Margaret Wilkinson () is a Canadian local politician and ex-Councillor for Kanata North (Ward 4) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Career Wilkinson was born in Ottawa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Francis Rowe Berton. The family moved ...

Notes

References

* Woods, Shirley E. Jr. ''Ottawa: The Capital of Canada,'' Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1980. {{Geographic location , Northwest =

Fitzroy Township Fitzroy is a former incorporated and present day geographic township (Canada)#Ontario, township originally part of Carleton County, Ontario, Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Fitzroy was located in the western part of the county, bordere ...

, North = Totbolton Township , Northeast =

Pontiac, Quebec Pontiac is a municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Ottawa River. It is part of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, located within Canada's National Capital Region. It should ...

, West = Huntley , Centre = March Township, Ontario , East =

, Southwest = , South =

Goulbourn Goulbourn Township, Ontario, was formed in 1818, roughly 20 km southwest of downtown Ottawa, with the first major settlement occurring in Richmond. Other communities in the township include Stittsville, Munster, and Ashton. Stittsville i ...

, Southeast = , image = Former municipalities now in Ottawa Geographic townships in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1978