Morrisburg, 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.
The town has a population of approx. 2400. With the creation of many new jobs and growing manufacturing, as well as the addition of fibreoptic internet access and a water treatment plant, Morrisburg is a quickly expanding town
