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5630 Main St.,
Osgoode,
Ontario
K0A 2W0
Phone : (613) 826-2227
Your Host(s) : Osgoode Public Library
Description From Owner:
- Pop. 1,300. In the Reg. Mun. of Ottawa-Carleton, 48 km SE of Ottawa. One of the fIrst settlers was Archibald McDonnell of Cornwall, who had been an officer in the Glengarry Militia before the War of 1812.
- During the war he was promoted to the post of deputy assistant adjutant-general on the staff of the general commanding the forces along the S1, Lawrence frontier.
- He was often required to carry urgent military dispatches and on occasion stayed in the saddle for two days and two nights, sometimes literally riding his horse to death.
- For his services he was granted 800 acres (324 ha) of land in Osgoode T., established in 1798 and named after then chief justice of Upper Canada, William Osgoode.
- The post office was established as Osgoode Station in 1881, and in 1962 the name was shortened to Osgoode.
- From Ontario Place Names 2007 David E. Scott Ph. 866 471 4123 or 905 680 7884
Address of this page:
http://www.ruralroutes.com/osgoode
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Visitors to this page: 591
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West Osgoode, 4km
Reeve Craig, 6km
Sabourins Crossing, 7km
Reids Mills, Kemptville area, 6km
Enniskerry, 7km
Dalmeny, 6km
Herbert Corners, 9km
Watterson Corners, 10km
Manotick Station, 12km
Carsonby, 9km
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Nearby Lakes: |
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Brewer Park Pond, 28km
Dows Lake, 29km
Lissons Lake, 30km
Mud Lake, 29km
Sand Pits Lake, 35km
McKay Lake, 35km
Cranberry Lake, 41km
North Mud Lake, 33km
Mud Pond, 38km
Lac Deschenes, 45km
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