Alleyn-et-Cawood is a municipality in the

Outaouais region Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa ...

, northwest of

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, part of the

Pontiac Regional County Municipality Pontiac (french: municipalité régionale de comté de Pontiac) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Campbell's Bay is the county seat. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is ...

, Quebec, Canada. Its main population centre is Danford Lake, located along

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. Elected in 2013, the mayor of the municipality is Carl Mayer. Highest point in the municipality is Mont O'Brien with an altitude of about .

History

The municipality is named after the 2 geographic townships that it covers. The Township of Cawood was established in 1861, and named after

Cawood Cawood (other names: ''Carwood'') is a large village (formerly a market town) and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the finding-place of the Cawood sword. It was historically part of the West Rid ...

in England (first used on a map by Gale and Duberger in 1795 and misspelled as Cadwood for a while). The Township of Alleyn, established in 1864, was named in honour of

Charles Joseph Alleyn Charles Joseph Alleyn (19 September 1817 – 4 April 1890) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1817 and studied at Clongowes Wood College. Alleyn came to Lower Canada with his family around 183 ...

, a lawyer and politician of Quebec. The United Township Municipality of Cawood-et-Alleyn was formed in 1876 when it split off from the United Township Municipality of Thorne-Cawood-et-Alleyn (which became the Municipality of Thorne). In 2004, the

united township municipality The following is a list of the types of local and supralocal territorial units in Quebec, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Insti ...

of Alleyn-et-Cawood became the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood.

Danford Lake

In 1855, the area's first settler was Patrick Danford, after whom the lake and community are named. He was followed by loggers and other settlers, notably William Heeney and his family in 1861. His descendants contributed much to the growth and development of the community. In 1868, the post office opened in Danford Lake, and in 1902, its first general store.

Demographics

Language

Commerce

Local businesses include: *Magasin TL *Lyndale Gardens *Roger Johnson's Garage

Local government

List of former mayors: * Joseph Squitti (2001–2009) * Charlene Scharf-Lafleur (2009–2013) * Carl Mayer (2013–present)

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External links

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