Consequently, at the time many Swedes were named Oscar. The name was given to more than a half-dozen members of Scandinavian royal houses. The given name Oscar does also derive from the Old English ÅsgÄr, which is of an entirely different origin (from two Old English elements meaning god and spear).
Kingston is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is located midway between Toronto and Montreal. The Thousand Islands tourist region is nearby to the east.
It is included with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only. Known as the City of the 1000 Islands, Brockville is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Morristown, New York, about half-way between Ontario's Cornwall to the east and Kingston to the west.It is roughly a 50-minute drive south of the national capital of Ottawa.he Brockville Braves are a Tier I Junior A ice hockey team from Brockville, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Junior A Hockey League. Founded in 1963, the Braves are the second oldest team that has never ceased operation in CJHL historyâsecond only to Pembroke.