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Brockville: Court House
Brockville: Court House Court House in Brockville, Ont., Can., with a bust of Sir Isaac Brock in the foreground.

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Brockville, city, seat (1792) of the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies along the St. Lawrence River, opposite Morristown, New York. Founded about 1790, the settlement was variously known as Elizabethtown, Williamstown, and Charlestown until after the War of 1812, when it was renamed in honour of British soldier and administrator of Canada Sir Isaac Brock. The city is a summer resort and a starting point for boat trips on the St. Lawrence Seaway and through the Thousand Islands. There has been light-industrial development in the area. Inc. village, 1832; town, 1859; city, 1962. Pop. (2006) 21,957; (2011) 21,870.

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