Mansfield-et-Pontefract is a municipality in the

Pontiac Regional County Municipality Pontiac () is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Campbell's Bay is the county seat. It should not be confused with the municipality of Pontiac, which is located in the neighbouring Les Collines-de-l'Outaoua ...

of western

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, Canada. It is located on the

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, northwest of

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. It is the most populated municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, with most of the population and businesses concentrated along Quebec Route 148. It is home to the main tourist attractions of the Pontiac region: the Chutes Coulonge, the George Bryson House, and the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge.

Communities

*Davidson *Dépôt Davidson *Devonshire Park *Jim Lake *Leclair *Mansfield

History

In 1849, the Mansfield Township was formed that was incorporated as a township municipality in 1855. It may have been named after an English town in Nottinghamshire or in honour of Sir

James Mansfield Sir James Mansfield, (originally Manfield; 10 May 1734 – 23 November 1821) was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He was twice Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor General and served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas fr ...

(1733-1821), Solicitor General of Canada in 1780, or

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), was a British judge, politician, lawyer, and peer best known for his reforms to English law. Born in Scone Palace, Perthshire, to a family of Scottish nobility, he wa ...

(1705–1793). In 1863, Pontefract Township was officially established, named after an English town in Yorkshire. On January 1, 1868, the townships were merged to form the United Township Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. In 1888, a portion of its territory separated and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Fort-Coulonge. In 2003, Mansfield-et-Pontefract changed its status from

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to an ordinary municipality.

Demographics

Population

Language

Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 17.8% * French as first language: 77.6% * English and French as first language: 4.1% * Other as first language: 0.5%

References

External links

Official site

Chutes Coulonges
{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Outaouais Populated places on the Ottawa River