Bury is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the
Estrie
Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...
region of
Quebec
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, Canada.
Bury is home to a
Canada Day
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celebration which is well known in the Estrie region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it has no
restaurant
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s or cinemas, has a multitude of churches and one canteen.
About 49% of Bury's population are bilingual (English and French), 43% only speaks French and 9% only speaks English.
In 1981, Mrs. Isabel Harrison of Bury was chosen by the
Royal Canadian Legion as the
Silver Cross Mother. Each year, a mother is invited to lay a wreath during the
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces me ...
ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. Widows and survivors of Canadian Forces' casualties are eligible to receive and wear the
Memorial Cross. Politician
Aylmer Byron Hunt was born in Bury.
Geography
Climate
See also
*
List of anglophone communities in Quebec
References
External links
Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Estrie
Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
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