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Missisquoi can mean: Places * Missisquoi Bay in Quebec and Vermont *Missisquoi River, river in Quebec and northern Vermont ** Missisquoi River North, tributary of the Missisquoi River in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada *** Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord, tributary of the Missisquoi River North, Estrie, Quebec, Canada *Missisquoi County, Quebec, former county in Quebec now part of Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality * Missisquoi (federal electoral district), former Canadian electoral district now known as Brome—Missisquoi * Missisquoi (provincial electoral district), former Quebec electoral district now merged into Brome-Missisquoi (provincial electoral district) * Missisquoi Railroad, now part of the Central Vermont Railway *Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Vermont People *Missiquoi The Missiquoi (or the Missisquoi or the Sokoki) were a historic band of Abenaki Indigenous peoples from present-day southern Quebec and former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi Bay
Missisquoi Bay is a large extension in the northern part of Lake Champlain, at the East of the output of the latter in Richelieu River. It takes the form of a violin head, with the neck extending from the head of the lake and is about in diameter. The bay is divided between Quebec in Canada and Vermont in the United States. The main town on its banks is Venise-en-Québec, a major summer resort. The river of the same name flows into the bay and the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is located on the American side. Toponymy Champlain, first governor of New France, was the first European to visit the region. The name has an Abenaki origin, meaning "a lot of waterfowl" but other meanings are also thought possible. It appears officially in the eighteenth century in the concession document made on April 6, 1733 to Paul-Louis de Lusignan Dazemard as the "Missiskouy Bay". The spelling has changed several times. In 1855, when changes to electoral counties of Lower Canada into electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi River
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada. It drains a rural area of the northern Green Mountains along the Canada–US border northeast of Lake Champlain, and an area of Quebec's Eastern Townships. The South Branch rises in Vermont and runs generally from southeast to northwest; the North Branch rises in Lake d'Argent in Eastman, Quebec, and runs from north to south. The North Branch and the South Branch join at Highwater, Quebec, just downriver from North Troy, Vermont. The river then runs in Quebec for approximately , re-entering Vermont at Richford and thence to Lake Champlain's Missisquoi Bay. Etymology According to US Natural Resources Conservation Service, Missisquoi Soil – Missisquoi is derived from the Abenaki word ''masipskoik,'' which means "where there is flint" or "where flint is". The name originates from an Abe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi River North
The Missisquoi North River is a tributary of the Missisquoi River. The Missisquoi North River flows through the municipalities of Eastman, Stukely-Sud, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Bolton-Est, Mansonville and Potton, in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main hydrographic slopes near the Missisquoi North river are: * North side: Yamaska River, Noire River (Yamaska River); * East side: Étang stream, Brulé stream, Province Hill stream, Lake Memphremagog; * South side: Missisquoi River; * West side: Missisquoi River. Upper river course The Missisquoi North River originates west of Lake Stukely and south of North Stukely. Two streams (coming from the north and the northwest) flow into Parker Lake (altitude: ). Then the current descends on to the north shore of Lac d'Argent (length: ; altitude: ) that the current crosses south over its full length; this lake flows into the North Missisquoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petite Rivière Missisquoi Nord
The Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord is a tributary of the Missisquoi River North, in the administrative region of Estrie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This watercourse crosses the territory of the municipalities of: * Bolton-Ouest, in the MRC of Brome-Missisquoi; * Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, in the MRC of Memphrémagog. Geography The Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord rises at the mouth of an unidentified small lake (length: ; altitude: ) located on the west side of the road Summit in the eastern part of the municipality of Bolton-Ouest, almost at the limit of Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton. This lake is located south of the summit of Mont Saint-Étienne (altitude: ). From this head lake, the course of the Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord flows over , with a drop of : * towards the north especially in Bolton-Ouest by first forming a loop towards the east (which is in Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton) where the river cuts Summit road and Vincent-Ferrier-Clair road, then crosses a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi County, Quebec
Missisquoi County is a historical county in Quebec. It was formed between 1825 and 1831 and included historical Bedford County, Lower Canada. Districts and Sub-districts: Census of 1825, Lower Canada (Quebec). Library and Archives Canada, accessed January 2020. In the early 1980s Quebec abolished its counties. Much of Missisquoi County became the except the southwestern part was transferred to |
Missisquoi (federal Electoral District)
Missisquoi was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. History It was created as a riding by the ''British North America Act'', 1867. Missisquoi consisted initially of the County of Missiquoi. In 1892, it was defined as consisting of the parishes of St. Thomas de Foucault, St. George de Clarenceville (including the village of Clarenceville), St. Armand East (including the village of Frelighsburg), St. Armand West (including the village of Philipsburg), and St. Ignace de Stanbridge; the township of Stanbridge; the town of Bedford; the municipality of Stanbridge Station; the township of Dunham (including the villages of Dunham, Cowansville and Sweetsburg); the west part of the township of Farnham; the town of Farnham; the parish of Lacolle, together with the islands situated in the river Richelieu opposite the parish of Lacolle. In 1903, the parish of Lacolle, together with the islands situated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi (provincial Electoral District)
Missisquoi was a provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Brome-Missisquoi. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly * Josiah Sandford Brigham, Conservative Party (1867–1875) * George Barnard Baker, Conservative Party (1875–1878) * Ernest Racicot, Liberal – Conservative Party (1878–1881) * Elijah Edmund Spencer, Conservative Party (1881–1897) * John Charles James Sarsfield McCorkill, Liberal (1897–1898) * Cédric Lemoine Cotton, Liberal (1898–1900) * Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Gosselin, Liberal (1900–1919) * Alexandre Saurette, Liberal (1919–1935) * François Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi Railroad
The Central Vermont Railway was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec. It connected Montreal, Quebec, with New London, Connecticut, using a route along the shores of Lake Champlain, through the Green Mountains and along the Connecticut River valley, as well as Montreal to Boston, Massachusetts, through a connection with the Boston and Maine Railroad at White River Junction, Vermont. History The Vermont Central Railroad was chartered October 31, 1843, to build a line across the center of Vermont, running from Burlington on Lake Champlain east to Montpelier, and then southeast and south to Windsor on the Connecticut River. Initial plans had the main line running through Montpelier. However, due to the difficulty of building through the Williamstown Gulf, a narrow valley south of Barre, Vermont, and to land interests of Charles Paine in Northfield, Vermont, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the eastern shore of Lake Champlain in the U.S. state of Vermont. The refuge is in Franklin County in the northwest corner of the state near the International Boundary with Canada. It is the only National Wildlife Refuge located entirely in Vermont (Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge is partly in Vermont and three other states), and is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge was established on February 4, 1943, under the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act. The initial acquisition was 1,582 acres (6.4 km2) of land in the Missisquoi River delta, including Shad Island and Big Marsh Slough. Additional land is acquired from willing sellers to fill in the refuge boundary. The refuge's current size is 7,232 acres (27 km2). It is located in the towns of Swanton and Highgate with satellite units in Derby, Vermont and Westville, New York. Hab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missiquoi
The Missiquoi (or the Missisquoi or the Sokoki) were a historic band of Abenaki Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples from present-day southern Quebec and formerly northern Vermont. This Algonquian peoples, Algonquian-speaking group lived along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain at the time of the European incursion. Today, they are part of the Conseil des Abénakis d'Odanak, a First Nation in Quebec. Missiquoi is also the name of a 17th-century Abenaki village in northern Vermont, for which the sub-tribe was named. Name The name ''Missisquoi'' comes from ''mazipskoiak'' meaning "flint people," which comes from ''mazipskoik'' or "at the flint," meaning a chert quarry near what is now Swanton (town), Vermont, Swanton, Vermont. It's also spelled ''Missiassik'' or ''Masipskoik'' a word that means "where there are many big rocks or boulder" in Abenaki language, Abenaki. History Prior to European contact, some Western Abenaki founded villages at the mouth of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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