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Name: Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Address: Prescott, ON, Canada

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Prescott, Ont, incorporated as a town in 1834, is located 18 kilometres east of Brockville on the ST LAWRENCE RIVER. The site was strategically located at the head of navigation above the former St Lawrence rapids (they were inundated during the building of the ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY). The French built Fort de Lévis nearby in 1759-1760 to delay the British from attacking Montreal during the SEVEN YEARS' WAR. The battle here from 18-25 August 1760 was the last major engagement between British and French forces on Canadian soil.

LOYALISTS began settling in the area in 1784. Major Edward Jessup founded the town in 1810 on some of the land the British government granted him in return for his service. He named his community for Governor-in-Chief Robert PRESCOTT.

The WAR OF 1812 soon broke out and the first Fort Wellington was built here and used as the base for an attack on Ogdensburg, NY.

Prescott prospered as a goods transfer point because of its location where the rapids interrupted transportation traffic. By the 1850s, it was the southern terminus of a railway line to Bytown [Ottawa] and was located on the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Distilleries and breweries were an important part of Prescott’s economy until the early 1900s.

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1828 - Church of St. Mark the Evangelist established at Prescott

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Church of St. Mark the Evangelist
160 Dibble Street W, Prescott, ONTARIO
Established 1828
Source: Google maps
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Scene of Windmill Battle of 1837-38, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
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Prescott from Ogdensburgh Harbour
Canadian Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1842
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1869 - Prescott
"Prescott- — A Town and Port of Entry on the River St. Lawrence, situated near the Junction of the Grand Trunk and St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railroads, ...Read MORE...
1873
PRESCOTT, a county of Ontario, comprises an area of 313,916 acres. It is bounded by the Ottawa river on the N. Capital, L'Orignal. Pop....Read MORE...
Rail Road Bay, Prescott, Ont.
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Market & Town Hall
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1895 - Prescott
Prescott, a town and port of entry of Ontario co. of Grenville, on the river St. Lawrence, at the S. terminus of the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Railway,...Read MORE...
Water Front
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1906
Prescott, a banking town and port of entry of Ontario, capital of the co. of Grenville, on the river St. Lawrence, opposite Ogdensburg, N.Y., and on...Read MORE...
Blue Church, Prescott, Ont.
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High School
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St. Mark's Church and Convent
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King Street
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McAuley's Motel
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Prescott, Ontario, Canada

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Church of St. Mark the Evangelist
160 Dibble Street W, Prescott, ONTARIO
Established 1828
Source: Google maps