Alexandria, Ontario

Alexandria is a town in eastern Ontario, on the Garry River. Alexandria is in the Township of North Glengarry in the County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. Population (2001) 3,369.

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.