Hochelaga County was a historic
county
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on the
Island of Montreal
The Island of Montreal (french: Île de Montréal) is a large island in southwestern Quebec, Canada, that is the site of a number of municipalities including most of the city of Montreal and is the most populous island in Canada. It is the main ...
in the province of
Quebec
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. It existed between
1855
and 1921.
Wardens
The county was administered by a council headed by a
warden
A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint.
''Warden'' is etymologically identic ...
.
*
Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (1866 to 1880)
Associations
*Hochelaga County Agricultural Society (politician
Louis Beaubien served as president)
References
*NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS), 18TXR1051648731, http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/
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*{{cite book
, url=https://archive.org/download/cihm_93460/cihm_93460.pdf
, title=Règlements de la Société de construction du comté d'Hochelaga
, place=Montreal
, year=1875, accessdate=April 11, 2013 By-laws of a financial institution that served this county.
Former counties of Quebec
Geography of Montreal