South Stormont is a

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in eastern

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, Canada, in the

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. It is located southeast of

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. South Stormont borders on, but does not include, the city of

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Communities

The township of South Stormont comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: * Cornwall Township: Beaver Glen, Bonville, Harrison's Corners, Long Sault, Northfield, Rosedale Terrace, St. Andrews West; ''Black River'', ''McMillans Corners (partially)'', ''Sandfield Mills''; ''Churchill Heights'', ''Northfield Station'', ''Lakeview Heights'', * Osnabruck Township: Ingleside, Lunenburg, Newington, Osnabruck Centre; ''Ault Island'', ''Bush Glen'', ''Bunker Hill'', ''Dixon'', ''Gallingertown'', ''North Lunenburg'', ''North Valley'', ''Pleasant Valley'', ''Sandtown''; ''Cedar Grove'', In addition, the township would have been home to the nine Lost Villages which were flooded to create the St. Lawrence Seaway: * Maple Grove, Mille Roches, Moulinette, Sheek's Island in Cornwall Township * Aultsville, Dickinson's Landing, Farran's Point, Santa Cruz, Wales, Woodlands in Osnabruck Township

Local government

The township of South Stormont is governed by three councillors, a deputy mayor and a mayor (reeve). The term length is four years. South Stormont also conducts elections on the internet, using a secure, cost-efficient website and an automated telephone voting system. *Mayor - Bryan McGillis *Deputy Mayor - Andrew Guindon *Councillor - Reid McIntyre *Councillor - Jennifer MacIsaac *Councillor - Cindy Woods The South Stormont Town Hall and administrative offices are located in Long Sault.

History

Cornwall and Osnabruck were two of the original eight "Royal Townships" established along the

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. Cornwall was named for

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's eldest son, Prince George, Prince of Wales, who also held the title of

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. Osnabruck was named after a title formerly held by the King's second son, Prince Frederick, who at one time was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in

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. This area was first settled by members of Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York, and became

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in 1792.

The Lost Villages The Lost Villages were ten communities (nine conventional villages and a populated island) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the former townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck (now South Stormont) near Cornwall, which were permanently sub ...

, ten

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s which were flooded by the construction of the

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in 1958, were located in the former Cornwall and Osnabruck Townships. The communities of Long Sault and Ingleside were newly built to accommodate displaced residents of the flooded villages. Due to this relocation, the towns were entirely planned from their inception – a rarity in Ontario. Several streets in the two communities are named for the flooded settlements. The township was established on January 1, 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck. Jim Brownell was its first reeve.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, South Stormont had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable residents

*Burial place of Simon Fraser, famous Canadian explorer. *NHL player

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References

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