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Tomifobia River
The Tomifobia River is a flowing body of fresh water in Memphremagog Regional County Municipality, in the Eastern Townships, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The river forms a part of an Canada–United States border, international border between Canada and the United States near the village of Beebe Plain, Vermont. Tomifobia Nature Trail Located at fifteen minutes by car from Magog, Quebec, the "Tomifobia Nature Trail" with a length of links the Lake Massawippi (either Ayer's Cliff, Quebec) to Beebe Plain, Vermont along the west bank of the Tomifobia river, through Stanstead, Quebec which is located before the border Quebec-Vermont. This trail in the heart of a linear park of 140 acres, also interconnects to other paths in Vermont. This trail is mostly used in three seasons by cyclists, hikers, runners feet; and in winter by cross-country ski enthusiasts. This trail is a preferred corridor for wildlife observation of animal and flora in a wild nature and the flowing Tomifob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayer's Cliff, Quebec
Ayer's Cliff ( 2021 population 1,180) is a village municipality in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is located just north of the Canada–United States border, on Lake Massawippi, near the mouth of the Tomifobia River. History In the early 1910s and 1920s a number of wealthy Americans built summer estates in Ayer's Cliff. These included the railroad mogul Charles Keller Beekman, Chicago attorney David Leavitt Hough, Charles W. Parker, and George Fuller Parker, a close friend of President Grover Cleveland. Ayer's Cliff still maintains a large anglophone population, with roots going back to the late 18th century. Today, Ayer's Cliff and the surrounding region are home to a combination of seasonal and year-round residents. The village is the site oRipplecove Inn a world-renowned luxury resort featured on CTV Travel's ''Most Romantic Hideaways''. The annual Ayer's Cliff Fair has been a popular gathering place for Eastern Townshipper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brook Trout
The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere in North America, as well as to Iceland, Europe, and Asia. In parts of its range, it is also known as the eastern brook trout, speckled trout, brook charr, squaretail, brookie or mud trout, among others. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior, as well as an anadromous population in Maine, is known as coaster trout or, simply, as coasters. The brook trout is the state fish of nine U.S. states: Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the Provincial Fish of Nova Scotia in Canada. Systematics and taxonomy The brook trout was first scientifically described as ''Salmo fontinalis'' by the naturalist Samuel Latham Mitchill in 1814. The specific epithet "''fontina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Vermont
Norton is a New England town, town in Essex County, Vermont, Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire, Berlin, New Hampshire, NH–VT Berlin micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border, immediately south of Stanhope, Quebec, Stanhope, Quebec. History From 1970 until 1994, Norton was the location of the Earth Peoples Park, a "liberated" piece of land that was open to anyone who wanted to live there, free of charge. In 1994 it was taken over by the state of Vermont and is now Black Turn Brook State Forest. Geography Norton is in the northeast corner of Vermont, bordered to the west by Orleans County, Vermont, and to the north by the Canadian province of Quebec. Vermont Route 114 crosses the center of the town from Norton Pond in the south to the village of Norton in the north next to the Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland, Vermont
Holland is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 632 at the 2020 census. It derives its name from Holland. Government Town * Town Clerk – Diane Judd * Treasurer – Diane Judd * Delinquent Tax Collector – Diane Judd * Auditor – Gaetane Patenaude * Agent – Diane Judd * Lister – Brian Currier * Road Commissioner (appointed) – Tommy Charest * Planning Commissioners – Albert Hauver, Marc Farrow, Gary Champney Jr. * Solid Waste Supervisor – Winston Dowland * Grand Juror – Speedo Deskins * Cemetery Commissioner – Michael Percy * Constable – Clara Nadeau * Moderator – Eernest Emmerson * Budget – $475,467 Building code The building code requires a roof snow load bearing capacity of . School District * Member, Union School Board – Lucy Cannon (2009) and Diane Rowlee (2010)Diana Emmerson * Chair, School Board – Diana Limlaw * Member, Board – Lori Ackerson (2009), Michael Lyon (2010), Diana Limlaw (2010) * Principal – Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby, Vermont
Derby is a town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 4,579 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous community in Orleans County. The town contains four unincorporated villages: Beebe Plain, Clyde Pond, Lake Salem and North Derby; and two incorporated villages: Derby Center and Derby Line. The northernmost town located along Interstate 91, the Town of Derby encompasses the largest area in Orleans County. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 57.6 square miles (149.2 km2), of which 49.6 square miles (128.5 km2) is land and 8.0 square miles (20.7 km2) (13.87%) is water. The town lies in the northernmost part of Orleans County, forming part of Vermont's border with the Canadian Province of Quebec, and is otherwise bordered to the east by Holland, the southeast by Morgan and Charleston, the southwest by Coventry and Brownington, and to the west by Newport and Lake Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogden, Quebec
Ogden is a municipality of about 750 people in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It includes the hamlets of Tomifobia (formerly Smith's Mills) and Graniteville. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Language Mother tongue (2011) See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References External links * {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanstead, Quebec (township)
Stanstead is a township municipality of about 1,100 people in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is not to be confused with the city of Stanstead, which is nearby although not directly adjacent (the municipality of Ogden lies in between). Formally, the township consists of two villages: Fitch Bay (founded in 1855) and Georgeville (founded in the 1890s). Both villages formed as a result of English-speaking migrants from the United States state of Vermont until borderline customs stations were established after 1920. Today, the population is bilingual with predominance in French language (about 64%). Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stanstead had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of township municipalities in Quebec This is a list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massawippi River
The Massawippi River is a river flowing in the territory of North Hatley (MRC de Memphrémagog) and the city of Sherbrooke, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, Canada. It is a tributary of the Saint-François River which flows north to the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Toponymy The hamlet of Massawippi was founded in 1800 by Loyalists. The name Massawippi could come from the Algonquin term ''nasawipi'' which means "between the waters". (''Nasaw'' for between or middle and ''nipi'' for water.) The term could also come from Abenaki and mean "much clear water." Although the two versions may exist, several places in the area are named by the words used by the Abenaki such as Magog, Lake Memphremagog, Coaticook and Mégantic. Geography The Massawippi River has its origins in Lake Massawippi à North Hatley. From the North Hatley Bridge at the mouth of Lake Massawippi, this river flows over , with a drop of according to the following segments: * northeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Memphremagog
Lake Memphremagog (; french: Lac Memphrémagog) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake spans both Quebec and Vermont, but is mostly in Quebec. Most of the watershed that feeds the lake is located in Vermont, and is a source for accumulated phosphorus, sediments and other pollutants. Cleanup efforts since the late 1980s have improved the water quality. The lake furnishes potable water for 200,000 people. Physical characteristics The lake is long with 73 percent of the lake's surface area in Quebec, where it drains into the Magog River. However, three-quarters of its watershed, , is in Vermont. The total is , with located in Quebec. In Vermont, the lake lies in parts of the towns of Derby and Newport, in addition to the City of Newport (city), Vermont, Newport, all in Orleans County, Vermont, Orleans County. In Quebec, the lake lies in parts of Austin, Quebec, Austin, Magog, Quebec, Magog, Ogden, Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde River (Vermont)
The Clyde River is a tributary of Lake Memphremagog, over long, in northern Vermont in the United States. It is the easternmost of the four major rivers in Orleans County. It is the most powerful of the four within Orleans County, powering several turbines at damsites. It is part of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. It was named by one of the early surveyors from his partiality to a river of the same name in Scotland. The Route 105/114 junction to Clyde Road section of Clyde River in Vermont is long and is rated by American Whitewater as a class I-III section. Geography It drains the water from about . With the exception of three miles (5 km) of rapids near its mouth, this is a very sluggish stream, passing through in its course, several natural ponds of considerable size. Even during spring high water, there is barely a perceptible current. Course The river has its source in Spectacle Pond (length: ; altitude: ) in Brighton. The Southern part of Spectacle Pond is part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johns River (Vermont)
Johns River is a tributary of the Lake Memphremagog, flowing in the municipality of Derby in northern Vermont, in United States and in the municipality of Stanstead (city), Quebec (sector "Beebe Junction") in the Memphremagog Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Estrie, south of Quebec, in Canada. Geography Johns River rises on the northwest slope of a mountain "Nelson Hill" in the municipality of Derby, Vermont at the North of Nelson Hill road. This source is located at: * northeast of the radio tower at the top of the mountain; * east of the confluence of the Johns River; * south of the US border. From its source, the river flows on according to the following segments: * to the northwest in the Vermont racing down the mountain on , until the Interstate 91; * to the northwest across the Interstate 91, to Crystal Brook (from the northeast); * to the northwest, up the bridge of Beebe road from the village of "Beebe Plain"; * to the northw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
