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The Review Mirror

  • Corporate body
  • January 12, 1996 -

The Mirror (formerly the Westport Mirror) was first published in 1893. It was a subscription-based weekly newspaper service serving Westport, Ontario and the surrounding area.
The Review was first published in 1991. It was a free weekly newspaper service serving Rural Leeds.
<p>The two newspapers announced their merger on November 29, 1995 (The Mirror) and December 1, 1995 (The Review) and the first issue of The Review Mirror was published on January 12, 1996. The new weekly paper is subscription based and serves Westport, Ontario, the Rideau Lakes and the Rideau Valley.</p>

Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario

  • Corporate body
  • 1897-

The first Womens’ Institute was established in 1897, as a result of the activities of Adelaide Hunter Hoodless and Erland and Janet Lee. By 1907 there were 400 Branches. Its objectives were to improve skills in the arts of homemaking and child care. Many social causes and projects have been undertaken. Local Branches are grouped into Districts.

In Ontario, the Ministry of Agriculture published handbooks to assist the establishment and management of the Women’s Institutes. In 1919 the Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario was organized.

Local histories called Tweedsmuir Books were undertaken at the suggestion of Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of the then Governor General.

Lansdowne Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1909-

The Lansdowne Women’s Institute was established in 1909 and the first meeting was held on June 18 at the Lansdowne Town Hall. The first President was Mrs. John Darling. The Branch was part of the Leeds District, alternatively listed as Leeds East or Brockville District.

The Branch is still active.

Township of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne

  • Corporate body
  • 1796 -

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The original survey of 1796 resulted in the administrative organization of this area, originally comprised of the northern-most parts of the Townships of Leeds and Lansdownwe within the District of Johnstown. The Township of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne was incorporated effective January 1 1850 under the terms of the Municipal Corporations Act, Chapter 81, Canada Statutes, 1849 (popularly known as the Baldwin Act).

The Mirror

  • Corporate body
  • 1893-1995

The Mirror (formerly the Westport Mirror) was first published in 1893. It was a subscription-based weekly newspaper service serving Westport, Ontario and the surrounding area. It merged with the Review in 1995 to become The Review Mirror.

Quartz Crystals Mines Ltd.

  • Corporate body
  • 1951-1954

The quartz mine was located on lot eight in the ninth concession of Lansdowne (near Black Rapids on Red Horse Lake).
The first mine was dug by Arza Sherman in 1897, who mined quartz and attempted to sell it in the United States. The mine was essentially a hole in the ground with wooden ladders to descend. Sherman sold the property to John Moorehead in 1901.

In 1938, Loris McElroy picked up samples from the site, showed them to a chance acquaintance named George Moroughan, who in turn showed them to Jack Steele, the owner of a mica mine near Sydenham.
In July 1942, the three men signed an agreement to create the Red Horse Lake Mining Syndicate, dividing profits from the mine equally. They also mined quartz, because of its utility in technologies such as radio frequency control and bomb sights (and worth a reported $3000 per ton due to the war effort).

In 1943, the Red Horse Lake Mining Syndicate gave way to the Rare Minerals Prospecting Syndicate which conducted considerable exploration, before giving way in turn to Quartz-Crystals Mining Corporation of Canada Limited. Both the syndicates and the Mining Corporation sold quartz to the Canadian government. The Mining Corporation operated the mine until it went bankrupt in 1950.

In 1951, a new company funded by the federal government, Quartz Crystals Mines Limited, mined the quartz crystals, employing six to seven men until the government announced in 1954 that stockpiles were sufficient and closed the mine.

Township of the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne

  • Corporate body
  • 1788

Originally surveyed in 1788. The township was established as two separate townships, Leeds and Lansdowne which were reorganized into the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne and the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne effective January 1, 1850 as a result of the Municipal Corporations Act (Baldwin Act), Chapter 81, Canada Statutes, 1849. In 2001 this township was amalgamated along with the Townships of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne and the Township of Escott into the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands.

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