L'Orignal est un village des comtés unis de Prescott et Russell, en Ontario, Canada. Le village fait partie du canton de Champlain. Sa population en 2011 est de 2 068 habitants. Il tire son nom de l'orignal, aussi appelé Pointe à l'Orignal. Il faisait partie des seigneuries de la Nouvelle-France.
La seigneurie de l'Orignal, plus tard appelé la Seigneurie de Longueuil, est concédée par la Compagnie française des Indes occidentales le 27 novembre 1674 à François Prévost. Ensemble avec la seigneurie de Cataraqui de René Robert Cavelier de La Salle, elles étaient les seules seigneuries octroyées par le roi de France dans la province qui est aujourd'hui l'Ontario. Faisant partie de la Nouvelle-France, la région fut cédée à la Grande-Bretagne en 1763. La seigneurie fut intégrée au Haut-Canada par l'Acte constitutionnel lors de la division de la province de Québec en 1791.
230 000 acres de la seigneurie furent achetés par Nathan Treadwell de Plattsburgh (New York), en 1798. Sa propriété fut confisquée par le gouvernement pendant la Guerre de 1812 et fut retournée à son fils en 1823. Le village de L'Orignal fut choisi comme village de district en 1816. La cour régionale du district fut construite en 1825 et est encore fonctionnelle. La paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste est érigée en 1836. La paroisse de L'Orignal fut établie en 1846 comme première paroisse dans le comté de Prescott.
Le village fut incorporé en 1876 et fut amalgamé à Champlain en 1997 comme un des quatre districts. Il est maintenant le siège du comté pour les comtés unis de Prescott et Russell.
L'Orignal is a Franco-Ontarian village and former municipality, now part of Champlain Township in eastern Ontario, Canada. Its population in 2016 was 1,450. L'Orignal likely took its name from its location on the Ottawa River, once known as Pointe à l'Orignal (French for "Moose Point"), where moose crossed the river. It was one of the seigneuries of New France.
In 1674, the Company of New France granted the Seigneurie de L'Orignac (later renamed the Seigneurie de Longueuil) to François Prévost. It was one of the two seigneuries the King of France granted in present-day Ontario, along with La Salle's Seigneurie de Cataraqui (now Kingston). As part of New France, the area was ceded to Great Britain in 1763. The seigneurie was assigned to Upper Canada (Ontario) during the creation of Upper Canada and Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1791.
In 1798, Nathan Treadwell, of Plattsburgh, New York, purchased 230,000 acres (930 km2) of seigneurial land. The government confiscated the property during the War of 1812 and returned it to his son in 1823. In 1816, the Village of L'Orignal was chosen as the district town for the Ottawa District. The Ottawa District Courthouse, built in L'Orignal in 1825, is still in use. The decommissioned L'Orignal Jail is now a museum. L'Orignal Parish was established in 1836 as the first Catholic parish in Prescott County.
The Village was incorporated in 1876 and amalgamated into Champlain Township in 1997 as one of four wards. It is now the county seat of Prescott and Russell United Counties. As of the 2016 census, the population of the former Village of L'Orignal was 1,450.
The Rev. Charles W. Gordon
St. Elmo
Ordained a Presbyterian minister
Charles William Gordon, CMG (September 13, 1860 – October 31, 1937), also known as Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United Church in Canada.
Gordon was born in Glengarry County, Canada West. He was the son of Rev. Daniel Gordon and Mary Robertson Gordon. His father was a Free Church of Scotland Missionary in Upper Canada. While at Knox College, Gordon was inspired by a lecture given by Superintendent Robertson about the challenges in the West, leading him to pursue his summer mission work there and ultimately to spend his life on reform and mission work in Western Canada. Gordon's views were largely shaped by Robertson, who believed that the settlers' lax attitudes towards irregular church services and lukewarm spirituality could only be remedied by missionaries. Gordon felt called to be one of these missionaries and establish churches and Christian social and moral reform in Western Canada. To this end, Gordon completed his theological training in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was even further affirmed in his desire to bring the church to Western Canada. The theological atmosphere in Scotland during the 1870s and 1880s was increasingly liberal. This movement towards harmonizing traditional Christian doctrine with modern advancements, such as science and evolution, greatly appealed to Gordon. He became an influential proponent of social reform in the West and for the union of the churches. The union, which formed the United Church of Canada in the 1920s, responded to the increasing liberalization and secularization growing in prevalence, especially in Canada.
Gordon's views of Western Canada were intricately connected to his views of religion and Christianity. His social and reform work was rooted in his call to ministry and his desire to see Canada united in faith and Nation.
The difficulties in the mission fields of the Canadian West were motivating factors for his fiction writing, and he successfully had many of his writings published and sold.
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When the Great War broke out in 1914, Gordon was quick to enlist. He volunteered for service with the 43rd Cameron Highlanders as an army chaplain at 54. This experience greatly influenced his writing during these years, as he focused on the war cause, the soldiers' lives, and the deaths he witnessed daily. His service also brought Gordon personal tragedy when his friend and mentor, R.M. Thomson, was killed in action.
Gordon Presbyterian Church, St. Elmo
(Maxiville)
1996 Highland Rd, Maxville, ON
Municipality: Township of North Glengarry
County/District: United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
