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 county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
in
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper 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 America, formerly part of the Province of Queb ...
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
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...
township from Russell County was transferred to a new
Dalhousie District
The Dalhousie District was a historic district in Upper Canada which existed until 1849. It was created in 1838 from Carleton County in the Bathurst District. Townships from the Johnstown and Ottawa districts were added to Carleton County at the ...
.
In 1849, the district was replaced by the
United Counties of Prescott and Russell.
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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