Bishop's Mills is a community in the municipality of North Grenville, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, in eastern Ontario, Canada,[1] approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Ottawa, south of Kemptville and east of Merrickville. An unincorporated place and Compact Rural Community, it has a population of about 135[citation needed] and is the home of the Bishops Mills Natural History Centre.[3]
Bishop's Mills | |
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Compact rural community | |
 Main street of Bishop's Mills | |
  Bishop's Mills Location of Bishop's Mills in Southern Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 44°52′25″N 75°42′16″W / 44.87361°N 75.70444°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | United Counties of Leeds and Grenville |
| Municipality | North Grenville |
| Settled | 1840 |
| Founded by | Chauncey Bishop, Ira Bishop |
| Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 135 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone) |
| Postal code | K0G 1T0 |
| Area codes | 613, 343 |
The village name is derived from a grist mill and a saw mill built on a branch of the Rideau River, today called the North Branch of Kemptville Creek, by Chauncey Bishop (1796–1877) and his brother, Ira (1803–1883).[4] Descended from Loyalists originally from Connecticut, Chauncey and Ira founded Bishop's Mills in the 1840s on land acquired from King's College, now the University of Toronto. This land was part of Lot 2 and 3, 9th Concession of Oxford Township, Grenville County,[4] in what was then known as Upper Canada. A surveyed village plan was registered in 1885.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bishops Mills". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- ^ Elevation taken from Google Earth at coordinates given in the Infobox. Accessed 2015-07-14.
- ^ "The Bishops Mills Natural History Centre". Archived from the original on 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- ^ a b c "Bishop's Mills" (PDF). North Grenville Walking Tours. Municipality of North Grenville. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
Other map sources:
- Map 11 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- Municipality of North Grenville (PDF) (Map). Municipality of North Grenville. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
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