North Gower Township is a former and now geographic

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in eastern

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, now located in

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. It contains the communities of

Manotick Manotick ( ) is a community in Rideau-Jock Ward in the rural south part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a suburb of the city, located on the Rideau River, immediately south of the suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South, about from ...

and

North Gower North Gower () is a small village in eastern Ontario, originally part of North Gower Township, now part of the city of Ottawa. Surrounding communities include Richmond, Kemptville, Kars and Manotick. Public high school students in this area go ...

. North Gower (pronounced "North Gor") was located in the southern part of

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, bordered to the northwest by

Goulbourn Township 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 ...

, to the north by

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, to the east by Osgoode and to the south by South Gower Township. It is separated from North Grenville and Osgoode by the

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. Originally known as Township C, it was established in 1792. In 1800, it became part of Carleton County and was incorporated as a township in 1850. The first settlers in the township were

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. The township was first settled by Stephen Blanchard in 1820. The village of

was first settled in 1846 and was originally known as Stephensville. The township merged with

Marlborough Township Marlborough Township is a former incorporated and now geographic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. Marlborough was located in the southern part of Carleton County. It was bounded to the south by Oxford Township, to the southwest by Montague T ...

and Long Island in 1974 to become

Rideau Township Rideau is an historic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in the rural parts of the City of Ottawa, in the extreme south. Its eastern boundary is the Rideau River, its namesake. The township was created in 1974 after the amalgamatio ...

. Rideau, in turn, became part of the amalgamated city of

in 2001. North Gower Township took its name from Admiral John Leveson-Gower, Lord of the

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from 1783 to 1789. At one time, there was also a South Gower Township. According to the

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, the former township had a population of 10,971 (former boundaries, including Long Island).Population calculated by combining populations of two census tracts
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Canada 2021 Census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

, this had increased to 12,341.

Reeves

*1850 Robert Craig *1862 David Beggs *1864 Robert Craig, Jr. *1865 William Cowan *1870 James Wallace *1876 John Craig *1894 William Bell *1897 n/a *1907 Nicholas Leach *1919 W. Alexander Wallace *1923 Howard Craig *1953 Horace Seabrook *1960 Howard Perkins *1965 Ferguson Pratt

References

* ''Carleton Saga'', Harry & Olive Walker (1968) Former municipalities now in Ottawa Geographic townships in Ontario Populated places disestablished in 1974 1974 disestablishments in Canada {{Ottawa-stub

Reeves

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