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16-720: Dalhousie Station may represent: Dalhousie Station, Quebec , a town in Quebec Dalhousie station (Calgary) , a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Dalhousie Station (Montreal) , a former railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Dalhousie Station (South Australia) , a pastoral lease in South Australia See also [ edit ] Dalhousie (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

32-421: A distinguished botanist whose Canadian collections were catalogued and held by various Canadian institutions of learning. 45°18′2.5″N 74°27′28.7″W  /  45.300694°N 74.457972°W  / 45.300694; -74.457972  ( Dalhousie, Quebec ) This Montérégie location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie The region had

48-509: A population density of 116.8 people/km (303 people/sq mi). The population of both of these reserves are majority- Mohawk , one of the historic Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee , or Iroquois League. Kahnawake was established south of Montreal in 1719 as a mission village. Akwesasne was established upriver by Mohawk leaders and their families in the mid-18th century, accompanied by French Jesuit missionaries . Akwesasne spans

64-498: A population of 1,507,070 as of the 2016 census and a land area of 11,132.34 square kilometres (4,298.22 sq mi), giving it a population density of 135.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (351 inhabitants/sq mi). With approximately 18.5% of the province's population, it is the second most populous region of Quebec after Montreal . The majority of the population lives near the Saint Lawrence River , on

80-569: Is McMasterville , and the president is Arthur Fauteux. Its territory occupies 7,122.92 square kilometres (2,750.17 sq mi) and there are 656,287 inhabitants, with a population density of 92.1 people/km (239 people/sq mi). There are five RCMs in Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent. Its seat is Salaberry-de-Valleyfield , and its president is Yves Daoust. Its territory occupies 3,727.22 square kilometres (1,439.09 sq mi) and there are 435,436 inhabitants, with

96-610: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dalhousie Station, Quebec Dalhousie is a small town in south-western Quebec near the border of Ontario , in the municipality of Saint-Télesphore , which is located within Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec ( Canada ). It is named for George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie , who served as Governor General of Canada from 1825 to 1828. It lies 70 km to

112-541: Is sometimes referred to as Dalhousie Station because of its location as a settlement at a former station of the Canadian Pacific Railway / Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique , which dated from 1884. A former station water tower area, which was re-landscaped in 2006, remains a significant local landmark: the tower itself is distinguished by its conspicuous profile in the local area and by the solidity of its stonework and Syrian (Romanesque) arching. Given

128-748: The colonists against the Iroquois from south of the Great Lakes , and against the English , who were colonizing New England to the southeast. The toponym comes from the Latinized form of Mount Royal, mons regius . Montérégie is named for the Monteregian Hills , which are, in turn, named for Mont Royal (English: Mount Royal ). The term for naming the set of hills in the St. Lawrence Plain

144-739: The 1830s, ethnic French patriots rebelled against British government troops. The Province of Canada (also called a United Canada ( French : Canada-Uni )) was formed through the Union Act in 1840 and February 1841, from the former provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada . Originally, the administrative territory of the Montérégie parishes were taken from the territory of the canonical Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil . The Montérégie has three administrative subregions, each consisting of its own regional county municipalities (RCM) or equivalent territories. The territorial administration of

160-486: The local area's rural location, agriculture is a significant local activity. In winter months, a snowmobiling club based at Dalhousie Station, "Le Club Étoile Dorée de Dalhousie", founded in 1971, is active among local trails. By coincidence, as perhaps befits a rural community significantly characterized by agricultural activity, the area's local name at least indirectly refers to the title held in marriage by Christian Ramsay , Countess of Dalhousie (1786-1839), in her day

176-562: The region was conducted by three regional conferences of elected officers ( French : Conférences régionales des élus ) (CRE) separate and independent in their territory: Each sub-region was organized in the same way as other administrative regions of Quebec. There are 12 regional county municipalities and one equivalent territory in Montérégie. In 2021, Brome-Missisquoi and La Haute-Yamaska transferred to Estrie . As of 2021, there are seven RCMs in Montérégie Est . Its seat

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192-466: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dalhousie Station . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dalhousie_Station&oldid=822469724 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Station disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

208-651: The south shore of Montreal . Montérégie is known for its vineyards , orchards , panoramas, products, and the Monteregian mountains. The region is both urban (second in terms of population in Quebec) and rural . The regional economy is based on agriculture and the production of goods and services . Tourism also makes up a significant portion of the economy. Jacques Cartier named Mont Royal in October 1535. Samuel de Champlain built several forts to protect

224-532: The west of Montreal , in a predominantly rural environment. There is also an extension of the settlement — known as Dalhousie Mills — which lies outside Quebec in South Glengarry Township, within Ontario 's United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry . This also illustrates the historically close links which formerly existed between the border regions of Upper and Lower Canada. It

240-729: Was originally created in 1903 in English by geologist Frank Dawson Adams to designate a new petrographic province . Mount Royal on Montreal Island , although outside the Montérégie region, is one of the Monteregian Hills. In addition to Mount Royal, two other Montérégie hills are not located in Montérégie: Mount Mégantic , in Estrie , and the hills of Oka, in the Lower Laurentians. Montérégie

256-669: Was populated by the St. Lawrence Iroquoian people when the French began to colonize here in the early 16th century. Later colonists found their villages abandoned, and the area controlled as hunting grounds by the nations of the Iroquoian Confederacy based south of the Great Lakes . Some of the later battles among the European-Canadians that decided the destiny of Canada took place in Montérégie. For instance, in

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