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12 George
Maitland,
Ontario
K0E 1P0
Phone : (613) 348-3280
Your Host(s) : Canada Post Maitland
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 465. In Augusta T., Leeds and Grenville Cs., on the St. Lawrence R. and C. Rds. 2 & 15, 8 km. NE of Brockville.
- At Pointe au Barril (or Baril) on the outskirts of Maitland, a plaque marks the former site of a shipyard were the last ships to defend the river for France were built.
- The six-acre (2.4 ha) shIpyard, budt by the French shortly after the British captured Fort Frontenac in 1758, was surrounded by a 12-foot-high (3.65 m) wall of upended logs.
- In 1759 the last two French warships, the lroquoise and the Outaouaise, were launched. The frrst civilian community was founded by Ziba Phillips in 1818 and named Oswegatchie.
- The place was also known as Johnstown and Lower Selma. When the post office was established in 1828, it was named Maitland after Sir Peregrine Maitland, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada 1818-1828.
- One of the oldest churches in the Anglican Diocese ofOntarlo is the Gothic Revival-style St. James' started in 1826 and consecrated in 1830.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/maitland
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Visitors to this page: 738
Off the beaten track: |
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Stones Corners, 4km
South Augusta, 4km
Bethel, Brockville area, 5km
Blue Church, 7km
Rows Corners, 6km
Bisseltown, 8km
Lords Mills, 9km
Algonquin, 9km
Sheridan Park, Brockville area, 8km
Maynard, 10km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Buells Creek Reservoir, 9km
Lambs Pond, 15km
Lees Pond, 17km
Mud Lake, 19km
Centre Lake, 19km
Atkins Lake, 23km
Cranberry Lake, 25km
Temperance Lake, 22km
Graham Lake, 22km
Lissons Lake, 30km
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