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The Township of Manvers (area ) was a

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in the former Victoria County, now the city of

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, in the

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province of

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History

From 1792 to 1973 Manvers Township was located in Durham County, which was united with Northumberland County in 1800 for administrative purposes. The township was officially established in 1816 and named in honour of

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. At that time land grants were made to

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, retiring soldiers and other friends of the crown.''The Trail Through The Bush - A brief history of Manvers Township'' by Sherrell Branton Leetooze. copyright 1998, L.M-J Associates. Effective January 1, 1974, an extensive re-organization of municipal administrative divisions took place. Durham County was separated from Northumberland County and merged with most of the adjacent Ontario County to form the

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. As part of this process Manvers Township was transferred to the

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. Effective January 1, 2001, Victoria County was dissolved and its municipalities and townships were amalgamated; the new administrative municipal division was named the

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Communities

*Ballyduff *

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of Lazarus (name), L ...

*Brunswick *Fleetwood *Franklin *Janetville *Lifford *Lotus *Manvers Station *

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*Yelverton

References

Sources

* ''Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927'' by Jesse Edgar Middletwon & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto. {{DEFAULTSORT:Manvers Communities in Kawartha Lakes Former township municipalities in Ontario

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