Harrington is a

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in the

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region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Argenteuil Regional County Municipality Argenteuil () is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Lachute. History In 1682, Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust was granted by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, a ...

. It is located in the

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, about north-west of

Lachute Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...

. Its population centres include Harrington, Lac-Keatley, Lakeview, Lost River, and Rivington.

Tourism

The municipality of Harrington has 3 community centers on its territory: * Lost River community center (LRCC), 2811 route 327 * Harrington Valley community center (HVCC), 420 chemin Harrington * Harrington Golden Age (HGA), 259 chemin Harrington Tourist attractions include: Auberge Val Carroll: https://aubergevalcarroll.com/ Đại Tòng Lâm Tam Bảo Sơn: https://tambaoson.ca/ First and largest

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temple in

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, founded in 1988 by Thich Thien Nghi. It houses the tallest Buddhist statue in Canada, Avalokiteshvara, who flies on a dragon to help people. It is the statue of the Buddha of compassion

The 28-metre colossus is the largest of its kind in Canada. Heavy with 360 tons of Chinese granite, it took 28 containers to transport it from Asia in separate pieces

The statue was inaugurated in 2015 in front of 10,000 Buddhism in Canada, devotees. QC_Harrington1_tango7174

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Geography

Harrington is a land of lakes and rivers, stocked with abundant fish. The Rouge River is the main river flowing through it, and the largest lakes include Lake (Lac) MacDonald, Green Lake, and Lake Harrington, each attracting a large number summer cottage vacationers. Its territory has a characteristic appearance of the Laurentian region with dense forests, rising to an elevation of in the north-east, which is more than Mont Chauve which dominates Green Lake. The Lost River flows for some miles from a spring that disappears under a

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rock between Gate Lake and Fraser Lake.

History

Harrington Township first appeared on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, but was not settled until 1830 when Scottish pioneers settled in the Lost River area in the east. In 1841, the township is officially established and in 1855, the township municipality was formed. It is believed that the name Harrington may be attributed to a location in England, however, the local post office was identified under the name of Rivington between 1878 and 1961.

Demographics

Population

In the

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conducted by

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, Harrington had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Language

Local government

Harrington forms part of the federal electoral district of

Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation () is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (69%) and Pontiac (31%). Argenteuil—La Petite-Nat ...

and has been represented by Stéphane Lauzon of the

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since 2015. Provincially, Harrington is part of the

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electoral district and is represented by

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since 2018. List of current and former mayors: * Ellen Lakoff (2001–2009) * Keith Robson (2009–2012) * Jacques Parent (2012–2021) * Pierre Richard (2021–2022) * Gabrielle Parr (2023-present

List of current city councillor

*Seat #1: Chantal Scapino *Seat #2: Julie James * Seat #3: Daniel St-Onge * Seat #4: Robert Dewar * Seat #5: Richard Francoeur * Seat #6: Gerry Clark

Education

The

Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) was a francophone school district in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Its headquarters are in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Saint-Jérôme.École polyvalente Lavigne École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

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operates English-language schools: * Arundel Elementary School in

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serves a portion * Laurentian Elementary School in

serves a portion * Grenville Elementary School in Grenville serves a portion *

Laurentian Regional High School Laurentian Regional High School () is an English secondary school in Lachute in the region of Laurentides, Québec, Canada. It contains classes for grades seven through eleven, and is run by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. It serves Lachute ...

in LachuteLAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE
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. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

References

External links

{{authority control Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides 1830 establishments in Lower Canada