The Ottawa District was a historic
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...
in
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a Province, part of The Canadas, British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North Americ ...
which existed until 1849. It was created in 1816 by splitting the counties of
Prescott and
Russell from the
Eastern District. The district town was
L'Orignal.
In 1838
Gloucester
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township from Russell County was transferred to a new
Dalhousie District.
In 1849, the district was replaced by the
United Counties of Prescott and Russell
The United Counties of Prescott and Russell (french: Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell) are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is L'Orignal. It was created as a result of a merger between Ru ...
.
References
*Armstrong, Frederick H. Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985.
Districts of Upper Canada
1816 establishments in Upper Canada
1849 disestablishments in Canada
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