Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge

Grenville is a borough of the municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in Quebec, Canada,^[1]^[2] located on the left bank of the Ottawa River.

History[]

Prior to April 24, 2002, it was an independent township municipality. On that date it merged with the village municipality of Calumet to form a new municipality which took the name Grenville-sur-la-Rouge,^[3] and each of the two components became boroughs of the new municipality.

The village municipality that shares the name "Grenville" remained independent; it borders on Grenville-sur-la-Rouge but is not part of it.

The name "Grenville" comes from William Wyndham Grenville, a British statesman who served briefly as British prime minister (1806–1807). While Canada was still under British rule, a canal was built by the military to bypass a series of rapids in the Ottawa River. The canal and the settlement that arose in the region were named in Lord Grenville's honour.

References[]

^ Geographic code REG02 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
^ "Place names - Grenville". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modavr02.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

Coordinates: 45°43′N 74°40′W / 45.72°N 74.67°W / 45.72; -74.67

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[1] Geographic code REG02 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)

[GNBC-2] "Place names - Grenville". Geographical Names Board of Canada. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[3] ttp://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf/modavr02.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

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