Granby is a town in southwestern

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, located east of

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. The population as of the

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was 69,025. Granby is the seat of

La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality La Haute-Yamaska (meaning ''The Upper Yamaska'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Granby. It is named for its position at the height of the Yamaska River, which cuts through its southern par ...

. It is the second most populated city in

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after

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

. The town is named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby; today it is most famous for the

Granby Zoo The Granby Zoo (french: Le Zoo de Granby) is a zoo in Granby, Quebec and is one of Quebec's major tourist attractions. It was founded in 1953 by the mayor of Granby at the time, Pierre-Horace Boivin. There are currently more than 1,800 differen ...

and its landmark

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of Lac Boivin.

History

The territory on which Granby is found was described as natural

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s and

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s composed of

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, fir,

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, hemlock and

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, there was also a small

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a kilometre and half uphill. The area was inhabited sporadically by nomadic

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. In 1792, Loyalists were granted permission to colonize the Eastern Townships. On January 29, 1803, the

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conceded the ''Township of Granby'' to Colonel

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and his 97 associates.Aimé Laurion, Un siècle d’histoire : Les bâtisseurs de Granby 1859-1959, La Voix de l'Est, 1959, 160 p John Horner, the first inhabitant who settled on the site of the current town arrived in 1813. Horner built a sawmill near the

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. Twelve years later, in 1825, he opened a general store with Richard Frost. Frost traced the official plans later that same year.Mario Gendron, Johanne Rochon et Richard Racine, Granby : Patrimoine et histoire, Société d'histoire de la Haute-Yamaska, 2009, 154 p. () Granby became an incorporated municipality in 1816, and a town in 1971. Field areas have been exploited for agricultural use and the North Yamaska river's flow has been used for its hydraulic energy since the construction of a first dam in 1815 by large industrial companies; the use of dams along the stream has provoked the formation of a large shallow swamp, called Lac Boivin, often cited as one of Granby's landmarks. In May 2006, the citizens of Granby and Granby Township held a referendum on a possible merger. A majority of citizens of the two municipalities approved the merger, which took effect on January 1, 2007.

Geography

Granby is a flat region located approximately halfway between

and

along Autoroute 10; historically a land covered by forests and prairies, it has transformed into an

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core surrounded by

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and

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. The North Yamaska river, which crosses lake Boivin (this lake took shape after the construction of a series of

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s and later changed into a large swamp praised for its

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. It connects to nearby villages by a network of

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s and has two access points from the highway at exit 68 (through

Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. The population as of the 2011 Canadian Census was 3,125. Before October 25, 2008 it was known simply a ...

) and 74 (via

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Parks and green spaces

Panorama lac Boivin - tour d'y voir CINLB

Granby has many parks and fountains, including the Daniel-Johnson, Victoria, Terry Fox, Miner, Pelletier, and Kennedy parks. * Lake Boivin, Daniel-Johnson park, and the ''Centre d'interprétation de la nature du lac Boivin'' (nature interpretation centre of lake Boivin), take shape in the 1980s, landscaped with paths all around for bikers and

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s, they become a haven for all lovers of

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for they harbour many lifeforms. Touching the heart of the town, lake Boivin has park Daniel-Johnson on its northern shores, from which citizens and tourists practice recreational sports such as navigation and cycling, the park also hosts events for Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Earth day; as well as a self-proclaimed ''fête de la rivière'' (river festival) to honour and clean the North Yamaska River; characteristic

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s on the park's premises are very popular for

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king during the summer and

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in the winter. The ''Centre d'interprétation de la nature du lac Boivin'' is a

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devoted to

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of the territory,

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and

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of lake Boivin. * Yamaska National Park is a vast protected humid zone around the Choinière reservoir with forest,

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and biking paths, as well as navigable waters (only light non-motorized vehicles are permitted); it is an important

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. * Park Victoria is the oldest urban garden in town. Purchased in 1889, and park landscaped in 1900, its name honours

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(1876-1901). There are

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s to Latimer (1901), for the

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s killed in the

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s, and the monument to the Braves, both accompanied by canons. Selbach fountain, inaugurated in 1982, rises on the corner of Dufferin street and Mountain boulevard. Two

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s connected by a small stream, large rock outcrops and a hilly terrain are its main geographical characteristics; its northeastern tip is fragmented by Lorne street; at its southernmost limits, the park touches Parkview, an English

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. In the warm months, free

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s are sometimes played in a

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. * Park Miner is the second oldest park in Granby; it was given to the town by mayor Stephen Henderson Campbell Miner in 1910; today, it lies downtown and houses Piscine Miner (Miner pool), the municipal indoor public pool. A monument to the founders of Saint-Jean-Baptiste society was erected in 1934. The first community public art gallery in the region is installed by ''Atelier 19'' to celebrate its ten years. During the

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, the park has tents installed to house different public activities such as

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and

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. Image:Granby-Totems Parc D-Johnson.jpg, Daniel-Johnson park Image:Granby-Boivin-LV.jpg, Lake Boivin Image:Monument à Latimer, Granby 2012 - Avec canons.JPG, Monument to Latimer at park Victoria Image:Fontaine Wallace - Ville de Granby 2012 Nord.JPG,

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at Isabelle park.

Climate

Granby has a

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(

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). It has significant variations of temperature with four distinct seasons. Summers are warm but short and winters are very cold. Transitional seasons have significant variations of temperature between adjacent months. Precipitation is quite high, resulting in rainy summers and snowy winters.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Granby 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.

Economy and attractions

Granby is a regional centre for industries (textile, lumber, dairy products) and commercial zone, but is also a tourist town, due to the presence of the important

, founded by the Mayor Horace Boivin. It hosts a ''Fête des Mascottes'' ("Mascot Festival") each year in July. Granby is the host of the yearly "Festival de la chanson de Granby" ("Granby Song Festival") in which many well-known artists, such as

Jean Leloup Jean Leclerc (born May 14, 1961) is a Québécois singer-songwriter and author from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. He is popularly known as Jean Leloup (which he likes to translate to John the Wolf), a stage name he kept using until 2006, when he ...

and

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, have first gained public exposure. The international classic car show takes place at parc Daniel-Johnston, with over 2500 antiques, vintage, hot rods, muscle cars and classic imports cars every summer
Granby's annual classic car show
Granby is also home to the Galeries de Granby regional

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which has 106 stores. The Autodrome Granby, one of Canada's largest dirt oval racing tracks, hosts professional racing teams every Friday night from May to September. Winner of many prizes Autodrome Granby is known worldwide in the racing community.

Sports

Granby is the location of the annual Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby of the

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, which takes place at the

Club de Tennis des Loisirs de Granby The Club de Tennis des Loisirs de Granby is a prominent tennis venue in Granby, Quebec, Canada. It annually hosts the Granby Challenger tournament and has hosted a Davis Cup tie. The club hosted July, 2006 Americas Group 1 first round play-offs D ...

. The

Granby Inouk Les Inouk de Granby are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Granby, Quebec, Canada. They are a part of the Quebec Junior Hockey League The Ligue de Hockey Junior du Québec (LHJQ) or Quebec Junior Hockey League (QJHL) is a Hockey Québec Ca ...

of the

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are based in Granby. The Inouk play their home games at the Leonard Grondin Arena. Granby is also home to the

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's Granby Guerriers. The Guerriers play their home games at Napoléon Fontaine Stadium. From 1981 to 1997, Granby was home to a

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team, originally called the

Granby Bisons The Granby Bisons were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Granby, Quebec, and played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). They team was founded in 1981 in after the team moved from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, where they had previousl ...

but changed to the

Granby Prédateurs The Granby Prédateurs ("Predators") were a junior ice hockey team founded in 1981 after the team moved from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, where they had been known as the Sorel Éperviers. The team had been known as the Granby Bisons, but changed their ...

in 1995. The team won the

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in 1996. In 1997, the franchise relocated to

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and became the

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. Both teams played at Léonard Grondin Arena.

Transportation

The public transit department of the town is Transport urbain Granby. Until 1956, it was the eastern terminus of the

Montreal and Southern Counties Railway The Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company (often abbreviated M&SCRC or M&SC) was an electric interurban streetcar line that served communities between Montreal and Granby from 1909 until 1956. A second branch served the city of Longueu ...

's Montreal-Granby Line.

Twin towns – sister cities

Granby's twinned are: *

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, Italy * Bokito, Cameroon *

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, England *

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, Tunisia *

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, Senegal *

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, Morocco * Rayne, United States *

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Notable people

* Benoit Coulombe, scientist and researcher. *

Palmer Cox Palmer Cox (April 28, 1840 – July 24, 1924) was a Canadian illustrator and author, best known for '' The Brownies'', his series of humorous verse books and comic strips about the mischievous but kindhearted fairy-like sprites. The cartoons we ...

, writer and illustrator of a popular series of children's books about supernatural creatures known as

the Brownies ''The Brownies'' is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at chi ...

, based on Scottish folklore. *

Pierre-Luc Dusseault Pierre-Luc Dusseault (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in the country's history. He was swor ...

, the youngest

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in Canadian history; * Rosie Valland, pop singer-songwriter. *

Kim Thúy Kim Thúy Ly Thanh, CQ (born 1968 in Saigon, South Vietnam)

, writer and novelist (Vietnamese-born, childhood in Granby)

Notes

References

External links

Town of Granby website

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