The Seigneury of L'Orignal
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This area, the present township of Longueuil, was granted in 1674 to Fran�ois Prevost, Town Mayor of Quebec, and was the first seigneury in what is now Ontario. Known originally as the seigneury of "Pointe a L'Orignac", it was not developed until the Hon. Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil, seigneur since 1778, granted portions to settlers during 1784-90. Nathaniel Hazard Treadwell purchased the seigneury in 1796, built mills and roads and expanded settlement. A United States citizen, Treadwell left Canada during the War of 1812 and forfeited his lands, but later regained these and sold the seigneury to his own son Charles in 1824. By 1873 most of the seigneurial lands had passed out of the family.
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The United Counties of Prescott and Russell
The Township of Champlain
In L'Orignal, on a wall in a park on the north side of
Front Street (Road 24) at the east end of the town
N 45 37.412 W 74 41.015
Recorded July 2005. Check current access before visiting.
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