| Morrisburg, Ontario |
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| communities in stormont, dundas, and glengarry united counties, ontario | |
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Morrisburg is a community in the Township of South Dundas ( Stormont, Dundas And Glengarry United Counties, Ontario ) Ontario Canada , approximately 50 Kilometres west of Cornwall and about 80 kilometres south of Ottawa , in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor , along the St. Lawrence River and the former Highway 2 and at Exit 750 of Highway 401 (junction of former Highway 31 , the southern routing of Ottawa's Bank Street ). It is near the site of Upper Canada Village , a Living Museum which depicts 19th Century life in Upper Canada . It also hosts Upper Canada Playhouse , a repertory theatre housed in an old toothbrush factory. The town was partially flooded by the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958 . Unlike the region's Lost Villages , however, the parts of the town to be flooded were simply moved to higher ground in the same townsite, and the former Highway 2 was shifted onto the former Canadian National Railway 's right of way. Morrisburg is served by a small, unattended Airport adjacent to Upper Canada Village. The town took its name from James Morris , Canada's first postmaster general, who also played an important role in Canal -building in the area. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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