Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a

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in the

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, located in the

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of La Jacques-Cartier north of

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. Its main attraction is the

Stoneham Mountain Resort Stoneham Mountain Resort is a ski resort, located north of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in the municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. It has a peak elevation of above sea level and a vertical drop of . There are 41 trails covering over four mo ...

. The large territory of the municipality is only developed and inhabited in the south, where the population centres of Saint-Adolphe, Stoneham, and Tewkesbury are located. Large portions of the north are included in the

Jacques-Cartier National Park Jacques-Cartier National Park (, ) is a provincial park located north of Quebec City. The park aims to protect wildlife in the Laurentian massif. It lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. History The Montagnais and the Hur ...

and the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...

. The terrain is hilly, part of the

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, and crossed by the

Jacques-Cartier Jacques-Cartier () is an electoral district in the West Island of Montreal, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with an Anglophone majority. It notably includes ...

, upper Sainte-Anne, and Hurons Rivers. Some of the more notable lakes are Beaumont, Saint-Vincent, and Saint-Guillaume.

History

In 1792, Philip Toosey was granted some of land that formed the beginning of the village that he named Stoneham after

Stonham Aspal Stonham Aspal is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, some five miles (8 km) east of the town of Stowmarket. Nearby villages include Mickfield, Little Stonham and Pettaugh. Its population in ...

, his native village in

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. The same year, the

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of the geographic townships of Stoneham and Tewkesbury appeared. Tewkesbury may be attributed to Kenelm Chandler, who was born in

Tewkesbury Tewkesbury ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the north of Gloucestershire, England. The town grew following the construction of Tewkesbury Abbey in the twelfth century and played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses. It stands at ...

, England, arrived in 1764 and was granted 9713 hectares of land in Stoneham in 1800. The first influx of Irish, English, and Scottish settlers came in 1815. By 1831, its population had passed 175. In 1845, the Stoneham Municipality was formed and abolished in 1847. In 1850, the Parish of Saint-Edmond-de-Stoneham was formed, named after

Edmund Rich Edmund of Abingdon (also known as Edmund Rich, St Edmund of Canterbury, Edmund of Pontigny, French: St Edme; c. 11741240) was an Catholic Church in England and Wales, English Catholic prelate who served as List of archbishops of Canterbury, Ar ...

of Canterbury (1170–1240). The Stoneham Post Office opened in 1854. A year later, on July 1, the United Township Municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury was established, populated by about 25 families. In 1871, its population had grown to 640 (360 in Stoneham Township and 280 in Tewkesbury Township). In 1880, the Tewkesbury Post Office opened (it closed in 1963). The completion of the railroad, owned by the St. Charles and Huron River Railway Company, between Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and

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in 1912 led to intensive logging in the area. Timber was floated down the Hurons River to Stoneham from where it was brought by rail to

. The railway was also used to transport cargo and wood pulp of the Brown Corporation and the Donnacona Paper Company. By 1920, the place had become an important commercial centre of northern Quebec. In 1973, the neighbouring municipality of Saint-Adolphe was annexed into Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, making it one of the largest municipalities in Quebec at that time.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury 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. Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,862 (total dwellings: 4,421) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 1.7% * French as first language: 95.5% * English and French as first language: 1.3% * Other as first language: 1.1%

Government

Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury forms part of the federal electoral district of

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (; formerly known as Portneuf) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 87,141 ...

and has been represented by

Joël Godin Joël Godin (born March 14, 1965) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election from the district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada The C ...

of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is part of the

Chauveau Chauveau is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandre Chauveau (1847–1916), lawyer, judge and educator * Auguste Chauveau (1827–1917), professor and veterinarian * Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (1756–1841), la ...

electoral district and is represented by

Sylvain Lévesque Sylvain Lévesque (born November 30, 1973, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who serves as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec. First elected for the riding of Vanier-Les Rivières in the 2012 election, he was defeate ...

of the

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since 2018.

List of mayors

* Edmond Bureau, 1938-1940 * John Payne, 1940-1944 * Philppe Plamondon 1944-1947 * John Payne, 1947-1948 * Sydney McCune, 1948-1975 * Jean-Guy Vézina, 1975-1976 * Raymond Labrecque, 1976-1980 * Rodrigue Harvey, 1980-1990 * Jacques Nolin, 1990-1994 * Dany Barbeau, 1994-2005 * Gaétane G. St-Laurent, 2005-2009 * Robert Miller, 2009-

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