Camden East is a village in the Municipality of Stone Mills

Stone Mills, Ontario

Stone Mills is a township located east of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario. According to the 2006 Canadian Census, the township has a population of 7,568.-Communities:...

, located east of Greater Napanee

Greater Napanee, Ontario

Greater Napanee is a town in Lennox and Addington County in the Eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada and is approximately 40 kilometres or 24.8 miles west of Kingston. It is located on the eastern end of the Bay of Quinte...

 in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

Lennox and Addington County, Ontario is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Greater Napanee. It is located in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Eastern Ontario.It includes the following municipalities:...

, Canada.

History

In 1800, one of the first settlers was Albert Williams, the son of a United Empire Loyalist family. The first saw mill was built in 1818 by Abel Scott . He sold the rights to the mill to Samuel Clark who added a wool mill and a grist mill. The community was then called Clark’s Mills. In 1832, the post office was built. The name changed to Camden East, after the township which was organized in 1787 and named in honor of Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl of Camden...

, and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain in the late 18th century.

Notable People

• Sir Gilbert Parker was born in Camden East November 23, 1862. He was a journalist in Australia, and then moved to England in 1889. He gained considerable reputation writing historical novels. One of his best-know works is The Seats of the Mighty.

• Larry McCormick, Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons
  Canadian House of Commons
  The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
  
   (1993–2004) representing the electoral district of Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington
  Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
  Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.-Description:...
  
  . He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.