Thorne is a municipality in the

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, Quebec, Canada, about northwest of Downtown

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, part of the

Outaouais 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 ...

region. It is named after a town with the same name in

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, England. The name Thorn(e) is rarely used alone in English

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where it is more common in other forms such as Thornhill, Thornton, Thornley, Thornham, Thorngrove.

Geography

Thorne is located in the

Gatineau Hills The Gatineau Hills (french: Collines de la Gatineau) are a geological formation in Canada that makes up part of the southern tip of the Canadian Shield, and acts as the northern shoulder of the Ottawa Valley. They are also the foothills of th ...

with its highest hills reaching an elevation of above sea level. Its notable lakes are Barnes, Johnson, Mecham, Sparling, Thorne, and Toote Lakes. Its settlements include Greer Mount, Hodgins, Ladysmith, Schwartz, Thornby, and Thorne Centre.

History

On May 1, 1861, the Township of Thorne was formed when it separated from Clarendon Township. But because it was too small to form its own municipality, it was merged with Leslie Township. James Martin was its first mayor. That same year, it had a population between 450 and 465 people, made up of mixed national origin but only fourteen

French Canadian French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...

s. During the next ten years, the area had a large increase of settlers from German descent. In 1867, Leslie Township separated (now part of Otter Lake) and Thorne was merged with its neighbouring townships to form the United Township Municipality of Thorne-Cawood-et-Alleyn. In 1876, the Cawood and Alleyn townships were separated, resulting in the creation of the Township Municipality of Thorne on January 1, 1877, with John Rennix as mayor. On August 2, 2003, the statute of the municipality changed and the Township Municipality of Thorne became the Municipality of Thorne.

Demographics

Population

Language

Mother tongues (2021): * English as first language: 70.8% * French as first language: 22.6% * English and French as first language: 3.8% * Other as first language: 2.8%

References

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{{authority control Incorporated places in Outaouais Municipalities in Quebec