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Thursday, February 08, 2018

Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Plaque

In Lakeview Heights, Ontario, a plaque stands on the southwest corner of County Road 2 and Avonmore Road. The plaque commemorates the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence.





Lost Villages Historical Society

MOULINETTE

To the south, at approximately one-half kilometre, lies Moulinette, once a village of 300 residents. Adam Dixson, of Moulinette's prominent family, built the first dam across to Sheek Island and part of the Cornwall Canal, near the village. Christ Anglican Church, not at Upper Canada Village, is a lasting legacy of Adam Dixson's contribution of land and money for its construction in 1837.

En direction suc, à eviron 0,5 kilomètre, existant Moulinette, un village de 300 personnes. Adam Dixson, de la famille réputée des Dixson, construit le premier barrage jusqu'à Sheek Island, ainsi qu'une partie du premier Canald de Cornwall. Christ Anglican Church, maintenant au village du Haut-Canada, fait partie de l'heritage d'Adam Dixson, grâce à son don de terrain et d'argent.

School Section #5
In Honour of J.G. Snetsinger & W.L.C. Snetsinger
Original Landowners


LOST VILLAGES OF THE ST. LAWRENCE

Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway required the flooding of 20,000 acres along the Canadian shoreline between Iroquois and Cornwall. Some of these lands had been settled by loyalists in the 1780s. Between 1955 and 1957, 6,500 residents were relocated, many of them to the new communities of Ingleside and Long Sault. Work crews moved buildings to new sites and re-routed highways and railway tracks. Iroquois and part of Morrisburg were rebuilt on higher ground. On "Inundation Day," July 1, 1958, the rising waters of Lake St. Lawrence slowly submerged the villages of Aultsville, Farran's Point, Woodlands, Dickinson's Landing, Wales, Moulinette, Mille Roches and a farming community on Sheek's Island

Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation


LES VILLAGES PERDUS DU SAINT-LAURENT

La construction de la voie maritime du Saint-Laurent entraine l'inondation de 20 000 acres de terres le long de la rive canadienne entre Iroquois et Cornwall, dont des parties avaient été colonisée par les loyalistes dans les années 1780. De 1955 à 1957, 6,500 habitants sont déplacés et réinstallés la plupart dans les nouveaux villages d'Ingleside et de Long Sault. Des équipes d'ouvriers transportent de bâtiments entiers aux nouveaux sites et détournent routes et voies ferrées. On reconstruit Iroquois et une partie de Morrisburg sur des terres plus elevées. Le 1er juillet 1958, « Jour de l'inondation », les eux montantes du Saint-Laurent engloutissent les villages Aultsville, Farran's Point, Woodlands, Dickinson's Landing, Wales, Moulinette, Mille Roches, ainsi que les fermes de l'île Sheek, disparaissent peu à peu.

Fondation du patrimoine ontarien, Ministère de la Culture, de Tourisme et des Loisins