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

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and North Gower. North Gower (pronounced "North Gor") was located in the southern part of Carleton County, bordered to the northwest by Goulbourn Township, to the north by Nepean, 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 North Gower was first settled in 1846 and was originally known as Stephensville. The township merged with Marlborough Township and Long Island in 1974 to become Rideau Township. 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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, 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

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