Further townships were surveyed in the following years that were attached to the County, extending its reach northwards. In 1868, the townships of Ryde, Draper, Macaulay, Stephenson, Brunel, McLean and Oakley were detached from the County and transferred to the new District of Muskoka, and the townships of Stisted, Chaffey, Franklin and Ridout were detached in a similar manner in 1873. They were not withdrawn for municipal purposes until their annexation to Simcoe County in 1877. The townships of Anson, Hindon and Lutterworth were also withdrawn from the County in 1874 and transferred to the new Provisional County of Haliburton. In 1974, as a result of the creation of the Regional Municipality of Durham, Manvers Township was withdrawn from Durham County and transferred to Victoria County. On 1 January 2001, Victoria County was dissolved, and its townships and incorporated communities were amalgamated to form the City of Kawartha Lakes, a name chosen because of the prominence of the lakes in the geography of the region. Organization before amalgamation in 2001 It encompassed Townships Victoria County consisted of 13 separate townships and 6 incorporated villages with their own local governments. Population centres are listed in parentheses: Bexley (Victoria Road, Coboconk) Carden (Dalrymple) Dalton (Sebright, Uphill, Sadowa) Eldon (Glenarm) Emily (Downeyville, Fowlers Corners) Fenelon (Isaacs Glen, Powles Corners) Laxton, Digby and Longford (Uphill, Norland) Longford (uninhabited) Manvers (Janetville, Bethany) Mariposa (Oakwood, Little Britain, Manilla) Ops (Reaboro) Somerville (Coboconk, Kinmount) Verulam (Dunsford, Bobcaygeon) The township of Laxton, Digby and Longford is an amalgamation of the once individual townships of Digby and Laxton, and half of the original Longford Township. The separate township of Longford is uninhabited, though dotted with abandoned logging towns. Incorporated communities Town of Lindsay Village of Bobcaygeon Village of Fenelon Falls Village of Omemee Village of Sturgeon Point Village of Woodville Unincorporated communities and hamlets Ancona Point Argyle Avery Point Baddow Baker Trail Ballyduff Barclay Bellevue Bethany Bethel Birch Point Bolsover Brunswick Burnt River Burton Bury's Green Cambray Cameron Camp Kagawong Campbells Beach Coboconk Corsons Siding Cowan's Bay Crawfords Beach Cresswell Crosshill Cunningham's Corners Dalrymple Dartmoor* Daytonia Beach Dunsford East Emily Eldon Station Fairburn Corner Fee's Landing Feir Mill Fell Station Fingerboard Fleetwood* Fowler's Corners Fox's Corners Frank Hill Franklin Gilsons Point Glamorgan Glandine Glenarm Glenway Village Grasshill Greenhurst-Thurstonia Hickory Beach Hillhead Corners Horncastle* Hukish Isaacs Glen Janetville Joyvista Estates Kenedon Park Krenrei Kenstone Beach Keystone Beach King's Wharf Kinmount