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PO Box # 103,
North Augusta,
Ontario
K0G 1R0
Ontario Tourism Region : The Great Waterway
Phone : (613) 926-2167
Your Host(s) : Finucan's General Store & Supplies
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 218. In Augusta T., Leeds and Grenville Cs., on Kemptville Cr. and C. Rds. 6 & 15, 24 km NW of Brockville.
- The place was founded in 1811 and in the 1820s known as Bellamy's Mills and Bellamyville after brothers Edward, Samuel, Chauncey, and Hiram Bellamy who took over a sawmill owned by the original Loyalist settler, Daniel Dunham.
- The brothers added a grist mill, distillery, potashery, and general store. Another early settler was tanner Aaron B. Pardee, who was a prominent figure in the Sons of Temperance movement and to whose memory a monument stands in the local Presbyterian c
- Ironically, he was a cousin of the Bellamy brothers whose enterprises included a distillery. The divisions within the Methodist Church before Church Union in 1884 were clearly visible within the small community.
- In 1871, when the population totalled 400, there were three Methodist churches: the Wesleyan Methodist, the Episcopal Methodist, and the New Connection Methodist.
- When the post office opened in 1840, the community took the name of the T. in which it was located.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
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Map Below gives Canadian Geographical Names
Natural Resources Canada in Leeds and Grenville County.
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/northaugusta
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Visitors to this page: 2,590
Off the beaten track: |
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Herrons Corners, 4km
South Branch, 7km
Throoptown, 6km
Jellyby, 6km
Bellamys, 8km
Manhard, 9km
Bells Crossing, 7km
Algonquin, 8km
Glenmore, 7km
Snowdons Corners, 10km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Cranberry Lake, 8km
Atkins Lake, 9km
Lambs Pond, 13km
Lissons Lake, 14km
Buells Creek Reservoir, 15km
Mud Lake, 14km
Lees Pond, 20km
Centre Lake, 20km
Temperance Lake, 22km
Irish Lake, 18km
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