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- 1 2 "Leeds & Grenville GenWeb, Ontario". sites.rootsweb.com.
- ↑ Proclamation of July 16, 1792
- ↑ An act for the better division of this province , S.U.C. 1798, c. 5, s. 7-10
- ↑ 1798 Act, s. 8
- ↑ An Act to erect certain townships now forming parts of the Districts of Bathurst, Johnstown and Ottawa, into a separate District, to be called the District of Dalhousie, and for other purposes therein mentioned , S.U.C. 1838, c. 25, s. 22
- ↑ An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing for temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require , S.C. 12 Vic., c. 78, Sch. A, B
