The Bathurst District was a historic district in Upper Canada. It was created in 1822 from the Johnstown District. Containing Carleton County, it existed until 1849.Preamble, The district town was Perth.
History In 1824, Lanark County was created from part of Carleton County, so that its constituent townships were divided as follows:
+Counties comprising Bathurst District (1824)CarletonLanark Nepean Goulbourne Huntley March Pakenham Fitzroy Tarbolton
together with such Islands in the Ottawa River as are wholly or in greater part opposite thereto Bathurst Drummond Beckwith Dalhousie Lanark Ramsay Darling Levant North Sherbrooke South Sherbrooke
together with all the unsurveyed lands within the District of Bathurst, and such Islands in the Ottawa River as are wholly or in greater part opposite to the said townships and unsurveyed land
In 1838, upon the creation of the Dalhousie District, the townships were reorganized as follows:
+Reorganization of Bathurst and Dalhousie Districts with constituent counties (1838)Transferred fromDalhousie DistrictBathurst DistrictCarletonLanarkRenfrewBathurst District Nepean Goulbourn Huntley March Fitzroy Tarbolton Bathurst Drummond Beckwith Dalhousie Lanark Ramsay Darling Levant North Sherbrooke South Sherbrooke Pakenham McNab Horton Ross Westmeath PembrokeJohnstown District North Gower Marlborough Montague so much of the townships of Elmsley and Burgess as lie on the north shore of the Rideau watersOttawa District Gloucester Osgoode
By 1845, all lands in the District had been surveyed into the following townships:
+Counties comprising Bathurst District (1845)LanarkRenfrew Bathurst Beckwith Drummond Dalhousie Darling North Elmsley North Burgess Levant Lanark Montague Pakenham Ramsay North Sherbrooke South Sherbrooke Admaston Blithefield Bagot Bromley Horton McNab Pembroke Ross Stafford Westmeath
Effective January 1, 1850, Bathurst District was abolished, and the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew replaced it for municipal and judicial purposes.
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