Camden East

Camden East
Camden East
	village
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Lennox and Addington
Municipality	Stone Mills
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Population (2009)[1]
• Total	306
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	613

Camden East is a hamlet in the Municipality of Stone Mills, located east of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

History

In 1800, one of the first settlers was Albert Williams, the son of a United Empire Loyalist family. The first saw mill was built in 1818 by Abel Scott.[2] He sold the rights to the mill to Samuel Clark who added a wool mill and a grist mill. The community was then called Clark's Mills. In 1832, the post office was built. The name changed to Camden East, after the township which was organized in 1787 and named in honor of Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in the late 18th century.

James M. Lawrence founded Harrowsmith magazine in Camden East in 1976; it was sold to Telemedia in 1988 and relocated to Toronto in the early 1990s.

Notable people

Sir Gilbert Parker was born in Camden East 23 November 1862.[3] He was a journalist in Australia, and then moved to England in 1889. He gained considerable reputation writing historical novels. One of his best-known works is The Seats of the Mighty.
Larry McCormick, Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada (1993–2004) representing the electoral district of Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.[4]

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References

"Camden East Population". Rural Routes. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
"Camden East History". Rural Routes.
"Sir Gilbert Parker Birth". Britannica.
"Larry McCormick". Parliament of Canada.

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[1] "Camden East Population". Rural Routes. Retrieved 2009-08-29.

[2] "Camden East History". Rural Routes.

[3] "Sir Gilbert Parker Birth". Britannica.

[4] "Larry McCormick". Parliament of Canada.