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Brockville ( 2001 population 21,375, metropolitan population 44,741) is located in the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River in eastern Ontario, Canada. The area of the city is 20.73 square kilometres. It is the county seat for the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The self-proclaimed "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville is located directly opposite Morristown, NY on the Saint Lawrence Seaway, about mid-way between Cornwall in the east and Kingston in the west and a little over an hour from the nation's capital, Ottawa- HullGatineau ( 2001 census population 226,296) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Before January 1, 2002, there were five cities on the Quebec side of the Otta.
1 History
Originally settled by United Empire LoyalistsUnited Empire Loyalists is the name given to individuals who are descendants of British North American loyalists who, during the American War of Independence, left the 13 rebellious American colonies for the future Canada: the two British colonies of Queb in 1785Events January 1st The first issue of the Daily Universal Register later known as The Times is published in London. January 7 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon, it was known as Buell's Bay in honour of the community's founder William Buell. Brockville was renamed in 1812Events January 1 the Allgemeines Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, the Austrian civil code enters into force in the Austrian Empire February 2 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California February 7 The strongest in a series of massive earthqua in honour of Major-General Sir Isaac BrockThis article refers to the British general. For the musician, see Isaac Brock (musician). Major-General Sir Isaac Brock ( 1769 October 13, 1812) was the British Major-General who was assigned to the Canadian colonies during the time of the War of 1812 and, the national hero of the War of 1812The North American War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom is one of several wars associated with that year. It is more normally known in British texts as the British-American War to distinguish it from Napoleon's war against Russia w.
Brockville was Ontario's first incorporated municipality. The Port of Brockville was connected to the main line of the Grand Trunk Railroad by a tunnel constructed beneath the municipality. This was a distinctive feat of engineering accomplished between 1854 and 1860. It is the oldest railway tunnel in Canada, having been inaugurated on December 31, 1860.
2 Industry
Brockville is now home to several industrial manufacturers, including ceiling fan manufacturer Canarm and Bounce fabric softener maker Proctor and Gamble.
The once-strong electrical and electronic industry in Brockville has recently suffered greatly from both free trade (which allowed US manufacturers including Black & Decker, Enerstat and RCA-Thompson in nearby Prescott to curtail Canadian manufacturing operations while retaining access to Canadian markets) and from a downturn in the communications industry at the turn of the millennium (with everything from Aimtronics to Brock Telecom to Philips Cables having been far too closely tied to the fortunes and misfortunes of Canadian telecom manufacturer Nortel Inc.).
