ALEXANDRIA, ONTARIO

'Alexandria' is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada on the Garry River. Alexandria is in the Township of North Glengarry in the County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is located SE of Ottawa, W of Montreal and NW of the highway (Highway 401).

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Geography

★ Population (2001) 3,369

★ Location:

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★ Latitude: around 45 (45°) N

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★ Longitude: around 74 (74°) W

★ Postal codes:K0C 1A0

★ Elevation: about 50 to 60 m

★ Dialing code: +1-613
Alexandria has three elementary schools, two high schools (Glengarry District High School and ''École secondaire Le Relais'') and a park located on a lake in the center of the town. There is also a VIA Rail Canada train stop located in the Northeast part of the town, a stopover in the Montreal-Ottawa route.
The community website, Glengarry on the Web has been covering the town, linking the local businesses, community events, and other aspects of the community to the internet.
A new web site endeavor has been launched by BigBear Creations to localize community event information, business information and demographic information about North Glengarry and Alexandria. You can visit Alexandria-Ontario.com to learn more about Glengarry History, Father Alexander MacDonnell's history, local sports information as well as what to look forward to.
The town is also home to a newspaper called The Glengarry News covering general news in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry county area.
The town has a small private aerodrome just northeast of town where there is a skydiving operation. A fly-in breakfast is held there on the third Sunday in August.
Alexandria was settled in 1794 by forty families who emigrated with Alexander MacLeod and, subsequently, blended with the French culture of the area to the east. The community was originally known as Priest’s Mill in tribute to the grist mill founded by Reverend Alexander Macdonnell and which still stands on the site.

External links

★ Glengarry on the Web

★ Glengarry News Home Page

★ Page on the Alexandria aerodrome within Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's airport directory

★ ''École secondaire Le Relais'' Home Page

★ Alexandria Ontario's and North Glengarry's Newest Online Source for what's happening in North Glengarry and Alexandria