East Hereford is a

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of about 260 people in southeastern

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, in

Coaticook Regional County Municipality Coaticook is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Coaticook. History On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. ...

in the

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region. East Hereford is located just north of

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, and on the east side of East Hereford it is bordered by

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, a south-flowing tributary of the

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, forms the eastern boundary of the municipality and the

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. Dairy farming and lumber products are the main sources of income in the area. The nearby Mont Hereford has a developed trail network for the sport of mountain biking.

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