Frelighsburg, Quebec

Frelighsburg
Municipality
The Freligh Mill on Pike River The Freligh Mill on Pike River
Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM. Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM.
Frelighsburg Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Constituted	September 28, 1985
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Ducharme
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Brome-Missisquoi
Area
• Total	124.60 km2 (48.11 sq mi)
• Land	123.72 km2 (47.77 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,094
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.2%
• Dwellings	566
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1C0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 213 Route 237

Frelighsburg, (Quebec, Canada) is a municipality located in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, which is part of the administrative region of the Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,094. It is located in an area historically considered to be part of the Eastern Townships.

Frelighsburg is situated at the foot of Mount Pinnacle, which is part of the Sutton Mountain Range of the Appalachian Mountains.

History

The land on which Frelighsburg is located was originally inhabited by the Abenaki. Frelighsburg was established as a colony in the late 1790s by American Loyalists, including pioneer Abram Freligh, a physician of German origin who lived in Clinton, New York. The sawmill built by his son in 1839, and several other buildings dating from the nineteenth century are considered historical monuments. Prior to being named Frelighsburgh it was named Conroy's Mills, after another mill owner and Slab City because of the great quantities of sawdust and slabs (slang for bark) that were there.

Geography

Frelighsburg is less than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Canada-US border with Vermont, nestled in a valley of orchards crossed by the Pike River and at the foot of Mount Pinnacle.

Demographics

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	1,094	6.2%
2006	1,030	4.7%
2001	1,081	3.1%
1996	1,048	1.7%
1991	1,066	N/A

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	855	84.65%
English only	120	11.88%
Both English and French	15	1.49%
Other languages	20	1.98%

Infrastructure

Frelighsburg is crossed by the Route 237. Route 213 starts in Frelighsburgh.

Gallery

• Frelighsburg-Eglise St-François Assise.jpg

  Saint-François d'Assise Church

• Frelighsburg-Townhall.jpg

  Frelighsburg Town Hall

• Frelighsburg-chutes Hunter.jpg

  Hunter Falls

• Frelighsburg-Ecole St-François Assise.jpg

  Ecole Saint-François d'Assise

See also

• Municipality of Frelighsburg - Official Site
• List of municipalities in Quebec
• TAC of Frelighsburg

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons