It is a predominantly Francophone community situated along the southern border of Quebec between Montreal and Ottawa. In 1819 Captain Henry Vernet of the Royal Engineers arrived from Britain to lead the construction of the project. Henderson Printing Inc. It is located opposite Hawkesbury, Ontario, on the Ottawa River. The impetus for these canals was the War of 1812. Route 344 briefly passes through the Village of Grenville where one can cross over the Long-Sault Bridge to Hawkesbury, Ontario. In 1830 "Kingsey" sawmill was built, and a flour mill was added in 1838. The mountain range nearly parallels the Ottawa River and towards the west end of the township it approaches to within a few acres of the river and is inaccessible except in four places which the inhabitants have improved, according to their means, to get back to their farms and only one of these roads is available for carts to the eight range. These secondary roads provide access to the communities of Avoca, Kilmar and Bell Falls. Congratulations on this excellent venture⦠what a great idea! [5], The Grenville Canal, the Chute-à -Blondeau Canal, and the Carillon Canal were built to navigate the Long Sault Rapids on the Ottawa River which stretched for 21 kilometers (13 mi) from Carillon to Grenville. Altogether he painted at least 150 oil sketches while based at Grenville, more than he had ever done of any one specific place." [6] In 1826 the first general store opened and in 1828, the first school. [6], In 1910 the Carillon and Grenville Railway was abandoned and later on dismantled. Grenville was a village in the historical county of Argenteuil. These townships are more level and the soil much better than the Township of Grenville, and from the appearance of the brooks running into the River Rouge, the country is well watered and susceptible of making good farms.”. Toussaint’s Island, September 16th, 1812 In recording his own situation in 1851, George Kains noted that his family included 5 boys and 2 girls, and that the family lived on a 2-acre portion of Concession 1, Lot 9, now part of the village of Grenville. Tourism is an important part of the local economy, with several whitewater adventure companies being established along the Rouge River. The new water level flooded Greece's Point and its surroundings several feet underwater and inundated the rapids of Long-Sault, transforming them into calm water.
... sold for $106,000 CAD in 2005, This page was last edited on 28 March 2020, at 22:23. Therefore, between 1873 and 1882, the Grenville and Carillon Canals were enlarged (the dam built upstream from the village of Carillon raised the level of the Ottawa River at Chute-à-Blondeau, making the need for a lock there no longer necessary). The marble quarry has also been worked but found to be not remunerative. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? The impetus for these canals was the War of 1812. Autoroute 50, an east-west highway, is also in the southern region with three interchanges in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge. Although the area has been settled for over 200 years, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge is a relatively new creation. On openlibrary.og. Farms partially cultivated with a log house and barn erected would sell (generally speaking) at about ten shillings an acre. It was determined that compression …
Learning that the Lake Champlain attack had failed, the American commander, Major General James Wilkinson, decided to enter winter quarters at French Mills on the Salmon River before dispersing in February 1814.
[7][8], Work on the canal began in 1818 with the construction of a storage warehouse. The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. Grenville is a village municipality in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality of the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The following statistics are derived from the pre-amalgamation data collected by Statistics Canada in its 2001 census. On January 1, 1876, the Village Municipality of Grenville was formed at which time it exceeded one thousand persons. Although the Ontario countryside had been his main focus, starting in 1966 he turned his attention more seriously to Quebec.