1018 King
L'Orignal, Ontario
K0B 1K0

Ontario Tourism Region : Ottawa and Countryside

Phone : (613) 675-2032
Your Host(s) : Canada Post L'Orignal

Description From Owner:

• Pop. 1,999. In Longueuil T., Prescott and Russell Cs., on the Ottawa R. and C. Rds. 11 & 24,just N of C. Rd. 17, 7 km W of Hawkesbury.
• In 1674 a large tract of land along the Ottawa R. was granted as a seigneury to Francois Prevost, mayor of the town of Quebec.
• It became known as the Longueuil Seigneury when it passed to Paul Joseph LeMoyne de Longueuil in 1778 upon his marriage to the heiress of the seigneury.
• In 1796 Longueuil sold the property to New York land speculator Nathaniel Hazard Treadwell. Settlement of the area started in 1798 when Treadwell erected saw- and grist mills on Mill Cr. and built roads.
• The place was named after Pointe-a-I'Orignal, a river crossing for elk. (The translation of 'orignaf' in Canada is 'elk though elsewhere it means ''moose.'')
• The name of this settlement was often misspelled. For a tune even the post office cancelled letters as Original. A
• A courthouse, designed in the United Empire Loyalist neoclassical style and completed in 1824, is the oldest remaining courthouse in Ontario.
• From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884

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