Coaticook
{{short description|Town in southeastern Quebec, Canada}}
{{for|the regional county municipality|Coaticook Regional County Municipality}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Coaticook
| native_name =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Coaticook QC.JPG
| image_caption = Main Street
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 120x80px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 100x80px
| nickname = Pearl of the Eastern Townships{{cite web |title=Portrait de la Ville |url=https://www.coaticook.ca/fr/ville/portrait-de-la-ville.php |website=Ville de Coaticook |publisher=Ville de Coaticook |access-date=2 August 2023}}
| motto =
| image_map = Coaticook Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within Coaticook RCM.
| pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec
| pushpin_label_position=top
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec.
| pushpin_mapsize =
| coordinates = {{coord|45|08|N|71|48|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Estrie
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = Coaticook
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1820s
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1 = 1864
| established_title2 = Constituted
| established_date2 = December 30, 1998
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Simon Madore
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Compton—Stanstead
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Saint-François
| area_total_km2 = 222.73
| area_land_km2 = 219.51
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 8,867
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2= 40.4
| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 2.2%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 4,025
| population_note =
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = J1A
| area_code = 819, 873, 468
|blank_name = Highways
|blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|141}}
{{jct|state=QC|QC|147}}
{{jct|state=QC|QC|208}}
| website = {{URL|www.ville.coaticook.qc.ca}}
| footnotes = }}
Coaticook ({{IPAc-en|lang|k|oʊ|ˈ|æ|t|ɪ|k|ʊ|k}} {{respell|koh|AT|ik|uuk}}, {{IPA|fr-CA|kwat͡sɪˈkʊk|label=Quebec French:}}) is a town on the Coaticook River, located in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It resides in the region of Estrie, which is often referred to colloquially as the Eastern Townships.{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Josh |title=Quebec's Eastern Townships considers official name change |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/eastern-townships-estrie-or-cantons-de-l-est-1.6348573 |website=CBC News |publisher=CBC |access-date=2 August 2023}}
It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, and its southern border is also the Canada–United States border.
The town of Coaticook was initially settled in the 1820s by British Loyalists coming from New England. The town was incorporated in 1864, and the municipalities of Barnston Township and Barford Township were later merged into Coaticook on December 12, 1998. The absorption of these townships introduced multiple communities to Coaticook that exist to this day, including Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and Stanhope. As of 2021, the population of the municipality of Coaticook was 8,867 with a total area of {{convert|222.73|km2|mi2}}.
The town of Coaticook is principally known for the Laiterie de Coaticook, the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook and Foresta Lumina, which bring in a majority of the town's tourists.
The municipality is named after the Coaticook River. The name “Coaticook” is of Abenaki origin, deriving from the term koatikeku, meaning “where the river is bordered by white pines”.[http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/community-stories_histoires-de-chez-nous/ingenieuse_ingenious-coaticook/story/a-look-at-origins-and-geography/ A Look at Origins and Geography], virtualmuseum.ca
History
File:Hôtel de ville de Coaticook, QC.JPG
The place was founded in 1818. Richard Baldwin Senior, from Barnston Pinacle cleared a parcel of land where later the City Hall was built. Richard Baldwin son, built the first permanent residence at this place. The area of the Townships of Barnston and Barford was settled in the 1820s and the 1830s by British Loyalists and Americans, mainly from New England.[https://www.tourismecoaticook.ca/articles/en/historical-highlights-of-the-region/ Historical highlights of the region], tourismecoaticook.ca[https://www.magazinecontinuite.com/files/File/tire_a_part_ang.pdf Heritage in motion], magazinecontinuite.com[http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/community-stories_histoires-de-chez-nous/ingenieuse_ingenious-coaticook/story/great-pioneer-builders/ Great Pioneer Builders], virtualmuseum.ca The municipality was finally incorporated in 1864. After the merger of the municipalities of Barnston Township and Barford Township on December 12, 1998, the surface area of the newly created municipality increased considerably.
Coaticook now extends over a total land area of 218.89 square kilometres and the 108 animal farms within its territory, including 66 dairy farms, make it one of Quebec's major milk producers.[http://www.circuitsdecouvertecoaticook.org/en/circuits/documents/2_Circuit_Coaticook.pdf Coaticook Bridging town and country], circuitsdecouvertecoaticook.org[https://baladodecouverte.com/circuits/283/poi/2094/coaticook Coaticook], baladodecouverte.com Coaticook is dubbed the Pearl of the Eastern Townships.
Geography
=Climate=
{{Weather box
|location = Coaticook, Quebec
|metric first = yes
|single line= yes
|collapsed = yes
|Jan record high C = 17.8
|Feb record high C = 17.0
|Mar record high C = 24.5
|Apr record high C = 29.5
|May record high C = 31.7
|Jun record high C = 33.3
|Jul record high C = 35.0
|Aug record high C = 34.4
|Sep record high C = 32.2
|Oct record high C = 28.9
|Nov record high C = 25.0
|Dec record high C = 17.8
|year record high C = 35.0
|Jan high C = −5.1
|Feb high C = -2.8
|Mar high C = 2.4
|Apr high C = 10.4
|May high C = 17.6
|Jun high C = 22.4
|Jul high C = 24.6
|Aug high C = 23.6
|Sep high C = 19.1
|Oct high C = 11.8
|Nov high C = 5.0
|Dec high C = -1.9
|year high C = 10.6
|Jan mean C = −9.8
|Feb mean C = −7.9
|Mar mean C = −2.5
|Apr mean C = 5.3
|May mean C = 12.0
|Jun mean C = 17.0
|Jul mean C = 19.4
|Aug mean C = 18.4
|Sep mean C = 14.1
|Oct mean C = 7.4
|Nov mean C = 1.3
|Dec mean C = -6.0
|year mean C = 5.7
|Jan low C = −14.5
|Feb low C = -12.9
|Mar low C = -7.3
|Apr low C = 0.2
|May low C = 6.3
|Jun low C = 11.6
|Jul low C = 14.1
|Aug low C = 13.2
|Sep low C = 9.0
|Oct low C = 2.9
|Nov low C = -2.5
|Dec low C = −10.0
|year low C = 0.8
|Jan record low C = -41.7
|Feb record low C = −36.1
|Mar record low C = −29.4
|Apr record low C = -20.0
|May record low C = -7.8
|Jun record low C = -2.2
|Jul record low C = -1.1
|Aug record low C = -1.1
|Sep record low C = -5.6
|Oct record low C = -10.6
|Nov record low C = -25.0
|Dec record low C = -36.1
|year record low C = -41.7
|Jan precipitation mm = 80.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 69.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 76.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 81.2
|May precipitation mm = 101.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 124.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 116.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 128.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 96.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 104.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 96.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 98.8
|year precipitation mm = 1176.0
|Jan rain mm= 22.2
|Feb rain mm= 18.0
|Mar rain mm= 29.6
|Apr rain mm= 67.9
|May rain mm= 100.1
|Jun rain mm= 124.7
|Jul rain mm= 116.1
|Aug rain mm= 128.9
|Sep rain mm= 96.5
|Oct rain mm= 100.2
|Nov rain mm= 70.7
|Dec rain mm= 33.6
|year rain mm= 908.6
|Jan snow cm= 58.7
|Feb snow cm= 51.9
|Mar snow cm= 46.7
|Apr snow cm= 14.1
|May snow cm= 1.0
|Jun snow cm= 0.0
|Jul snow cm= 0.0
|Aug snow cm= 0.0
|Sep snow cm= 0.0
|Oct snow cm= 4.6
|Nov snow cm= 26.2
|Dec snow cm= 65.2
|year snow cm= 268.3
|source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web
|url =http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=5339&lang=e&province=QC&provSubmit=go&dCode=0| title = Coaticook, Quebec Climate | work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010| date = 31 October 2011 | publisher = Environment Canada| language = en, fr| access-date = July 16, 2015}}
|date=August 2010
}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Coaticook had a population of {{val|8867|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|4023|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|4282|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:8867-8955}}|8955|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|8955|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|219.45|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|8867|219.45|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}
{{Canada census
|location = Coaticook
|2021_population=8,867 | 2021_pop_delta=-1.0 | 2021_land_area=219.45 | 2021_pop_density=40.4
|2021_median_age=48.0 | 2021_median_age_m=46.0 | 2021_median_age_f=50.0
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=4,282 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=4,023 |2021_mean_hh_income=62,000
|2021_geocode=2021A00052444037 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=8,698 | 2016_pop_delta=-6.0 | 2016_land_area=219.51 | 2016_pop_density=39.6
|2016_median_age=46.5 | 2016_median_age_m=44.7 | 2016_median_age_f=48.0
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=3,956 | 2016_mean_hh_income=50,677 | 2016_access_date=2017-11-29
|2011_population=9,255 | 2011_pop_delta=+0.6 | 2011_land_area=218.57 | 2011_pop_density=42.3
|2011_median_age=44.1 | 2011_median_age_m=42.9 | 2011_median_age_f=45.4
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=4,208 | 2011_mean_hh_income=43,230 | 2011_access_date=2014-01-28
|2006_population=9,204 | 2006_pop_delta=+2.4 | 2006_land_area=218.55 | 2006_pop_density=42.1
|2006_median_age=41.0 | 2006_median_age_m=40.1 | 2006_median_age_f=41.9
|2006_total_pvt_dwell=3978 | 2006_mean_hh_income=42,647 | 2006_access_date=2012-01-16
|2001_population=8,988 | 2001_pop_delta=+26.0 | 2001_land_area=218.55 | 2001_pop_density=41.1
|2001_median_age=38.0 | 2001_median_age_m=37.0 | 2001_median_age_f=39.1
|2001_total_pvt_dwell=3743 | 2001_mean_hh_income=38,400 | 2001_access_date=2012-01-16
|notes= Counts have been adjusted to reflect 2001 Census boundaries.
Population in 1996: 6,653{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/info/census96.cfm |title=Electronic Area Profiles |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=Canada 1996 Census |access-date=2014-01-28}} (+0.2% from 1991) - Population in 1991: 6,637
}}
Mother tongue:{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052444037&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Coaticook |title=Coaticook community profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=2021 Census data |date=29 March 2023 |access-date=2023-08-04}}
- English as first language: 5.1%
- French as first language: 92.7%
- English and French as first language: 1.3%
- Other as first language: 0.8%
Attractions
=Laiterie de Coaticook=
Founded in 1940 by Arthur Bédard, Arthur St-Cyr, and Henri Gérin, the Laiterie initially prepared, bottled, and distributed pasteurized dairy products such as milk, chocolate milk, and cream. Only two years later did the Laiterie begin the production of its quickly-famed ice cream and cheddar cheese.
In 1976, under the new administration of Fernand Houle and Émile Provencher, the Laiterie chose to halt the distribution of milk, chocolate milk, and cream. These specializations permitted the Laiterie to position itself firmly on the market. Over the next 50 years, the Laiterie expanded its product range, adding new flavors of ice cream, goat cheese, "Bûche de Noël" cakes, and several other products. Today, still relying on one manufactory, its products are sold province-wide and in New Brunswick.[http://laiteriedecoaticook.com/a-propos-de-nous/ À propos de nous], laiteriedecoaticook.com/
=Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook=
File:Passerelle suspendue coaticook.jpg is visible below.]]
First opened in 1975, the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook is a regional park situated on the Coaticook Gorge. It is a nonprofit organization that offers both summer and winter activities, including camping, hiking trails, a petting zoo, mountain bike trails, and in winter, snowshoeing, fatbike, ice climbing and dog sledding.{{cite web |title=Winter activities |url=https://gorgedecoaticook.qc.ca/en/winter-activities/ |website=Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook |access-date=3 August 2023}} The Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook brings in more than 225,000 visitors annually, with the principal attraction of the park being its suspension bridge which spans the gorge at 169 meters (554 ft) long. The footbridge dates back to 1988, however it was officially opened the year after, and initially held the title of longest suspended footbridge in the world according to Guinness World Records until 2006, when a footbridge in Japan surpassed it. The Park has two receptions in the town of Coaticook: the first being the Accueil Denis Maurais, renamed after the founder of the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook in 2016,{{cite web |last1=Cliche |first1=Vincent |title=Bienvenue au Pavillon Denis-Maurais |url=https://www.leprogres.net/actualites/bienvenue-au-pavillon-denis-maurais/ |website=Le progrès de Coaticook |access-date=3 August 2023}} which gives access to the suspension bridge and Foresta Lumina, and the second being the Accueil du Camping, located in a round barn, which gives access to the park's campgrounds as well as the majority of its trails and other activities. Both receptions also act as shops, selling merchandise and memorabilia connected to the four main activities of the park.{{cite web |last1=Sage |first1=Caroline |title=Parc de la gorge de Coaticook |url=https://societehistoirecoaticook.ca/fr/le_courant/articles/parc_de_la_gorge_de_coaticook#:~:text=HISTOIRE%20DU%20PARC%20DE%20LA,le%20lac%20préglaciaire%20de%20Coaticook. |website=Société d'histoire de Coaticook |access-date=3 August 2023}}
Foresta Lumina was created in 2014, when the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook commissioned Moment Factory, a Montreal-based design studio, to create a multimedia night walk in one of the park's trails. The 2.6 km (1.6 mi) long experience drew inspiration from local legends, making use of different scenography techniques, a unique soundtrack and a story revolving around a girl named "Margaret".{{cite web |title=History |url=https://forestalumina.com/en/history/ |website=Foresta Lumina |access-date=3 August 2023}} Its first year saw over 70,000 visitors, and in 2015, it received over 145,000. In each of the consecutive years after 2014, large changes or additions were made to Foresta Lumina. In 2018, a projection was added to the downtown of Coaticook, located in Tillotson Place, which is accessible by the main street.{{cite web |title=Foresta Lumina |url=https://momentfactory.com/work/all/all/foresta-lumina |website=Moment Factory |access-date=3 August 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Studio |first1=Capitales |title=Le Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook : magnifique de jour comme de soir |url=https://www.latribune.ca/2019/06/19/le-parc-de-la-gorge-de-coaticook--magnifique-de-jour-comme-de-soir-7f2d6fd779ec8f4c77d591c93d0427a5/ |website=La Tribune |access-date=3 August 2023}}
The Parc Découverte Nature is an affiliated organism owned and managed by the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook. It is located in Baldwin Mills, near Lake Lyster, and offers activities that revolve around fishing. It was first created in 2004, when the municipality of Coaticook obtained 80 hectares of land next to the pisciculture center located in Baldwin Mills. The land was transferred to the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook and it started year-round activities in May 2006. Today, the Parc Découverte Nature sees more than 11,000 visitors annually and is involved in the conservation of multiple local species of freshwater fish.{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://decouvertenature.qc.ca/en/about-us/ |website=Parc Découverte Nature |access-date=3 August 2023}}
In August 2019, in collaboration with local and government agencies, it was announced that the Parc Découverte Nature would open an interactive game experience by the summer of 2020.{{cite web |last1=McClure |first1=Taylor |title=Parc Découverte Nature unveils new $2.7 million interactive game |url=https://www.sherbrookerecord.com/parc-decouverte-nature-unveils-new-2-7-million-interactive-game/ |website=Sherbrooke Record |access-date=3 August 2023}} Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the opening was pushed until July 2021, when it was revealed as Acoatica, an interactive experience with the goal of favoring the survival of different fish species through different interior and exterior activities.{{cite web |last1=Petit |first1=Josée |title=L’AVENTURE D’ACOATICA AU PARC DÉCOUVERTE NATURE EST OFFICIELLEMENT LANCÉE! |url=https://gorgedecoaticook.qc.ca/laventure-dacoatica-au-parc-decouverte-nature-est-officiellement-lancee/ |website=Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook |access-date=3 August 2023}}
Sports
Coaticook is home to the Coaticook Big Bill of the Ligue de Baseball Senior Élite du Québec, which play their home games in Julien Morin Stadium.
Infrastructure
=Cemeteries=
Cemeteries in or near Coaticook include Mount Forest Cemetery,{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/stanstead/mtforest/index.htm|title=Mount Forest Cemetery, Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec|work=interment.net|access-date=2009-11-08}} Saint Edmond Cemetery,{{cite web|url=http://www.cimetiere.diosher.org/document/diocese.html|title=Liste des cimetières du diocèse|work=Cimetière Saint-Michel-de-Sherbrooke|language=fr|access-date=2009-11-08|archive-date=2011-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725235436/http://www.cimetiere.diosher.org/document/diocese.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/stanstead/edmond/index.htm|title=Saint Edmond Cemetery, Coaticook, Stanstead County, Quebec|work=interment.net|access-date=2009-11-08}} St-Luc and St-Wilfrid-de-Barnston.
Gallery
Image:Rue Child, Coaticook, QC.JPG|Child street in 2014.
Image:Ancienne Eastern Townships Bank, Coaticook, QC.JPG|The historic Eastern Townships Bank, now a branch of CIBC.
Image:Grand Tronc Coaticook.jpg|The old Coaticook station, located on the Grand Trunk railway.
File:SHC-C033-S001-D005-P002 141.jpg|The town's hospital in 1954.
See also
References
External links
{{Commons category|Coaticook, Quebec|Coaticook}}
- {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204121235/http://www.ville.coaticook.qc.ca/ Ville de Coaticook]
{{Geographic location
| title = Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
| Centre = Coaticook
| North = Compton
| Northeast = Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton
| East = Saint-Herménégilde
Dixville
| Southeast =
| South = Norton, Vermont {{flagicon|US}}
| Southwest = Holland, Vermont {{flagicon|US}}
| West = Barnston-Ouest
| Northwest = Hatley
}}
{{Coaticook RCM|state=expanded}}
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