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Rockport Women's Institute

  • Corporate body
  • 1920-1977

The Rockport Women’s Institute was established in 1920 and the first meeting was held on June 1. Mrs. D. Reid was President, Mrs. Seaman Secretary Treasurer, Mrs. Fred Huck, 1st Vice President, Mrs. Louise Cornwall, 2nd Vice President. The Branch was part of the Leeds District, alternatively listed as Leeds East or Brockville District.

The final meeting was held on April 6, 1977, and the Branch subsequently disbanded.

Township of Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne

  • TO BE COMPLETED
  • Corporate body
  • 1796-

The original survey of 1796 resulted in the establishment of the Townships of Leeds and Lansdowne. These were reorganized as of January 1, 1850 under the terms of the Municipal Corporations Act, Chapter 81, Canada Statutes, 1849 (Baldwin Act) into the Townships of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne and the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne.
The Township of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne was amalgamated into the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands, in Leeds and Grenville County (along with the Townships of the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne and Escott) on January 1, 2001.

Township of Escott

  • FOE
  • Corporate body
  • [18-?]-2000

INCOMPLETE.
Originally the Township of Yonge and Escott, it was divided into the Front of Yonge and Escott and the Rear of Yonge and Escott in 1853.
It was divided again in 1859 into the Front of Yonge and the Front of Escott.

The Township of the Front of Yonge and Escott (reference to 1889-1890, 1892-1905 in tax rolls)
was incorporated in [DATE]. It encompassed the area of

It was later divided into the Township of Front of Yonge and the Township of Front of Escott.

The Township of the Front of Escott was amalgamated into the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands, in Leeds County (along with the Townships of Front of Leeds and Lansdowne and Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne) on January 1, 2001.

also referred to as the Gore of Escott

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