Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall (2001 population 45,640, metropolitan population 57,581)^[1] is a city in southeastern Ontario, Canada and seat of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, located on the St. Lawrence River, as well as Highway 401 near the Ontario-Quebec border. It is approximately 100 kilometres south-east from Ottawa via Highways 417 and 138, Canada's capital, and 100 km west of Montreal, Quebec's largest metropolis.

The city was first settled in 1784 by United Empire Loyalists escaping the American Revolution from New York. First named New Johnstown, Cornwall was renamed for Prince George, the Duke of Cornwall.

Cornwall is a port-of-entry into Canada, and is connected to Massena, New York, USA via the Seaway International Bridge.

Cornwall was once home to a thriving cotton processing industry that waned in the 1960's. This was one of the first places to have electricity in Canada. Domtar, a Quebec-based company has run a paper mill in the city for close to one-hundred years. Once employing nearly 1500 Cornwallites, its workforce has dwindled to around 400. Cornwall's major employer is now Supply Chain Management which operates a Wal-mart distribution center for Eastern Canada with close to 1000 employees.

West of Cornwall, several small communities along the St. Lawrence River, now known as The Lost Villages, were permanently flooded in 1958 by the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the massive hydroelectric dam at the western end of the city. Cornwall is also becoming known as a "microcosm of Canada" as it has a large francophone population, a growing immigrant population and is located next to Akwesasne, a Mohawk reservation.

Cornwall also has one of the oldest jails in Canada, and is a new tourist attraction since being restored. Cornwall Collegate and Vocational School (CCVS) was one of the first High Schools in Ontario, and now hosts grade 11 and 12 students.

Some of the more famous people to hail from the Cornwall and S, D and G area include:

• Hockey legend Ed "Newsy" Lalonde, who captained the Montreal Canadiens in the 1910s and helped the team win its first Stanley Cup in 1918. • John Sandfield McDonald, prominent lawyer and the first Premier of Ontario. • Nathan Phillips, the Toronto mayor who was affectionately known as "mayor of all the people." • Hollywood actor Ryan Gosling.

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