Saint-Zacharie is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in

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. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,684 as of 2021. The new constitution dates from 1990, when the township municipality and the village municipality of Saint-Zacharie amalgamated, but the area was settled as early as 1873. Saint-Zacharie is named after oblate Zacharie Lacasse, a missionary who brought settlers to the area in 1881. Saint-Zacharie is located on the Canada–United States border and has a small border crossing for traffic coming from the

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, St. Zacharie Crossing.

References

Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoireU.S. Customs and Border Protection

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