Ortonville, New Brunswick

Ortonville is an unincorporated farming community located at a bend of the Saint John River seven miles south of Grand Falls, New Brunswick. It is on the west side of the river, 5.7km north, north east of Limestone, New Brunswick. Geographical coordinates are 46°57'29" North and 67°40'48" West.
History
The earliest British, and probably the earliest European, settlement at or very near Ortonville was across the river at Salmon River Settlement. In May 1814 British North American surveyor-general Joseph Bouchette settled two military families here at the direction of Governor Sir George Prevost. Sensitive to the presence of the recently hostile United States nearby, Prevost wanted a communication route from Fredericton to Upper and Lower Canada to serve as an alternative if the St. Lawrence River were to freeze. The two settled families at the Salmon River had been disbanded from the Tenth or Fourth Royal Veteran's Battalion and together with other military settlers...