Stanhope is a Canadian village and community of
Coaticook
Coaticook () is a town on the Coaticook River in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, and its southern border is also the Canada–United States border.
In addition to the primary community ...
,
Coaticook RCM, in the
Estrie
Estrie () is an 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 per cent francophone. Angl ...
region of
Quebec
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. Its population is less than 200 residents.
History
The village was a separate community in the 1890s which later became part of Coaticook municipality.
Geography
Located on the
Canada–United States border
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, in front of the town of
Norton Norton may refer to:
Places
Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada
* Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan
* Norton Parish, New Brunswick
** Norton, New Brunswick, ...
(
Essex County,
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
); Stanhope spans its residential area on a main road west of the
Coaticook River
The Coaticook River is a north-flowing river rising in Vermont, United States, and located primarily in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The mouth of the river is located north of Waterville and south of Lennoxville, near the southern ...
, nearby the
Montreal-Sherbrooke-Portland rail. To the east is located the now defunct
Stanhope Airport and, on the
Quebec Route 147
Route 147 (QC 147) is a north–south highway that runs from the Vermont/United States border in the town of Stanhope. The route begins at the Norton–Stanhope Border Crossing in Stanhope. The route runs north through the Coatico ...
, the
border control station.
Stanhope
( CBSA)
The village is 6 km far from Dixville, 14 from Coaticook
Coaticook () is a town on the Coaticook River in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, and its southern border is also the Canada–United States border.
In addition to the primary community ...
, 24 from Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
(Vermont), 27 from Stewartstown (New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
), 30 from Brighton (Vermont) and 50 from Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...
.
Transport
The village had a small private airport, is crossed by the Quebec Route 147
Route 147 (QC 147) is a north–south highway that runs from the Vermont/United States border in the town of Stanhope. The route begins at the Norton–Stanhope Border Crossing in Stanhope. The route runs north through the Coatico ...
and by the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short-line railway operating between Portland, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean, and Montreal, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Ca ...
.
See also
*List of Canada–United States border crossings
This article includes lists of border crossings, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings), along the Canada–United States border, International Boundary between Canada and the United States. Each port of entry (POE) in the ...
References
External links
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Communities in Estrie
Canada–United States border