The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are located Ontario, Canada, in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Eastern Ontario, and front on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States. The county seat is Brockville. It has a land area of 3,383.92 square kilometres (1,306.54 sq mi).
The United Counties were formed by the administrative union of the historical counties of Leeds and Grenville in 1850.
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