What is United Counties of Prescott and Russell?
The '''United Counties of Prescott and Russell''' are two consolidated [[County|counties]] in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. The [[county seat]] is [[L'Orignal, Ontario|L'Orignal]]. It was created by a merger between [[Russell County, Ontario|Russell County]] and [[Prescott County, Ontario|Prescott County]] in 1820. It is in [[Eastern Ontario]]. The county covers an area of {{convert|2004.27|km2|abbr=off}}. The Alfred Bog is in the county. Many [[species]] of birds, plants, and butterflies live in the bog. According to the Canada 2021 Census, Prescott and Russell has a population of 95,639 people. Many [[Franco-Ontarian]] people live in Prescott and Russell. Nearly two thirds of the people speak [[French language|French]] as their [[first language]]. There are four townships, one town, two municipalities, and one city in Prescott and Russell: * Township of [[Alfred and Plantagenet]] * Township of [[Champlain, Ontario|Champlain]] * Township of [[East Hawkesbury]] * Township of [[Russell, Ontario|Russell]] * Municipality of [[Casselman, Ontario|Casselman]] * Municipality of [[The Nation, Ontario|The Nation]] * Town of [[Hawkesbury, Ontario|Hawkesbury]] * City of [[Clarence-Rockland]] {{Subdivisions of Ontario}} [[Category:Counties of Ontario]] [[Category:1820 establishments]] [[Category:1820s establishments in Canada]] {{multistub|geo|Canada}}