Lunenburgh or the OLD Eastern District (Eastern Ontario) -- with New Index - Hardcover

Jacob Farrand Pringle

9781897446263: Lunenburgh or the OLD Eastern District (Eastern Ontario) -- with New Index

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1897446268 ISBN 13: 9781897446263

Publisher: Global Heritage Press (imprint of GlobalGenealogy.com Inc.), 2009

Pringle created a comprehensive history of the old Eastern District when he wrote this acclaimed account of pre-settlement and the first 100 years thereafter. Long used as a reliable reference work, and not yet matched by another author, we are pleased to be able to bring this book back into print. The new index adds greatly to the usability of the book for researchers seeking a specific subject or person. The book also includes a large and comprehensive Table of Contents that lists in detail the topics that the reader will find within, sorted by chapter. What was the EASTERN (Lunenburgh) DISTRICT? The present-day province of Ontario was originally organized and governed in Districts. In 1849, county governments were established to take over the role of local governement thereby replacing the District system. The Eastern District, then known as the Lunenburgh District, was established in 1788 as one of the original four districts of Upper Canada (Ontario). It was comprised of the St. Lawrence-Quebec border area, now known as eastern Ontario. It was originally named Lunenburg District, but was renamed to Eastern District in 1792. The Eastern District was originally bounded to the west by a line running north from the mouth of the Gananoque River and to the east by the border between present-day Ontario and Quebec. The district town was New Johnstown, later renamed Cornwall.

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