North Stormont is a lower tier

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in eastern

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, Canada in the

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Communities

The township of North Stormont comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities: * Finch Township: Berwick, Crysler,

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; Cahore, Goldfield, Glenpayne * Roxborough Township: Avonmore, Monkland, Moose Creek, Roxborough Gardens, Bloomington, Dyer, Gravel Hill, Lodi, MacDonalds Grove, McMillans Corners (partially), Sandringham, Strathmore, Tayside, Tolmies Corners, Warina, Valley Corners The township administrative offices are located in Berwick. File:Crysler ON.JPG, Crysler File:Finch ON.JPG, Finch File:Monkland ON sign ON138.jpg, Monkland File:Moose Creek ON.JPG, Moose Creek File:Tayside ON.JPG, Tayside

History

Early settlement in the area began in 1785. Finch Township was originally part of the Royal Township of Osnabruck, and Roxborough Township was originally part of the Royal Township of

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. Stormont County was created in 1792, and both Finch and Roxborough were separated from their southerly parents in 1798. The hamlet of Berwick was first settled by four Cockburn brothers from

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in the early 19th century. Berwick became the administrative home of municipal government in the former Finch Township, incorporated January 1, 1850. The New York and Ottawa Railway was built in 1897 and sent up to four daily passenger trains, as well as up to five daily freight trains through Berwick. The first church was built in 1883. The township was established on January 1, 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Finch and Roxborough, along with the Village of Finch.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, North 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.

Railways

The

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line between Montreal and Toronto passes through North Stormont.

Notable people

* Leone N. Farrell (1904–1986), biochemist and microbiologist, was born in Monkland. * J. T. Kearns (c.1858-May 26, 1941) co-founder of Chesterville gold mine, was born in Finch township. *

Norm Macdonald Norman Gene MacdonaldThe capitalization of Norm Macdonald's surname has been inconsistently reported in publications such as ''TV Guide''. Books that discuss him, such as ''Shales'' (2003) and Crawford' (2000), as well as other sources such as ...

(1959-2021), comedian, spent his summers growing up at the family farm between Avonmore and Monkland. Both his parents are from the area.

References

External links

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, Southeast = South Glengarry , South = South Stormont , Southwest = South Dundas , West = North Dundas , Northwest = Russell Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Township municipalities in Ontario