Alexandria, Ontario

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Alexandria is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada on the Garry River. Alexandria is in the Township of North Glengarry in the County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is located SE of Ottawa, W of Montreal and NW of the highway (Highway 401).

Geography

Population (2001) 3,369
Location:
- Latitude: around 45 (45°) N
- Longitude: around 75 (75°) W
Postal codes:
Elevation: about 50 to 60 m
Dialing code: +1-613

Alexandria has three elementary schools, two high schools (Glengarry District High School and École secondaire Le Relais) and a park. There is also a VIA Rail Canada train stop located in the NE part of the town--the first stop on the trip from Ottawa to Montreal.

The town is also home to a newspaper called The Glengarry News covering general news in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry county area.

The town has a small private aerodrome just northeast of town where there is a skydiving operation. A fly-in breakfast is held there each summer.

Alexandria was settled in 1794 by forty families who emigrated with Alexander MacLeod and, subsequently, blended with the French culture of the area to the east. The community was originally known as Priest’s Mill in tribute to the grist mill founded by Reverend Alexander Macdonnell and which still stands on the site.