Lacolle, Quebec
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Lacolle (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in southern Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of the Montérégie, on the Canada–United States border. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,708. The Lacolle River runs eastward through the middle of the town and empties in Richelieu River. More people cross the border illegally from the United States there than at any other point. Almost nineteen thousand people were detained in 2017.[1] The nearest town across the border is Champlain, New York.
History
The written history of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609, when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal, Champlain referred to the location of the delta as "Lacole". When translated literally, the term means the neck of a bottle or that which is above the shoulders.
Lacolle was the site of three battles in the early 19th Century. Two of the battles took place during the War of 1812. The Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812) was a short engagement in which a small garrison of Canadien Militia, with the assistance of Kahnawake Mohawk warriors, defended a makeshift log blockhouse from an American invasion force led by Major General Henry Dearborn.[2] In the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814) a garrison of 80 men of the 13th Regiment of Foot and a Congreve rocket detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery, later reinforced by a company of the Canadian Voltigeurs and the Grenadier company of the Canadian Fencibles successfully defended a blockhouse and stone mill building from an attacking American force of 4,000 men led by Major General James Wilkinson.[3][4][5]
The Battle of Lacolle was fought on November 7, 1838, between Loyal Lower Canada volunteer forces under Major John Scriver and Lower Canada rebels under Colonel Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski. The half hour battle ended in a rebel defeat.[6][7]
Demographics
Population
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2021 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2,710 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2,330 | Increase 5.2% | 86.0% | 235 | Decrease 4.1% | 8.7% | 60 | Increase 20.0% | 2.2% | 65 | Decrease 7.1% | 2.4% | |||||
2016 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2,595 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2,215 | Decrease 2.6% | 85.4% | 245 | Decrease 21.0% | 9.4% | 50 | Increase 25.0% | 1.9% | 70 | Increase 27.3% | 2.7% | |||||
2011 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2,680 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2,275 | Increase 5.3% | 84.9% | 310 | Increase 21.6% | 11.6% | 40 | Increase 166.7% | 1.5% | 55 | Decrease 26.7% | 2.1% | |||||
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2,160 | n/a | 86.2% | 255 | n/a | 10.2% | 15 | n/a | 0.6% | 75 | n/a | 3.0% | |||||
Economy
Lacolle as a small industrial park featuring Arneg Inc, Soudure HMC inc, and a Recycling complex operated by Compo Haut-Richelieu inc. (headquartered in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
Education
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See also
- Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812)
- Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814)
- Battle of Lacolle (1838)
- Lacolle Mills Blockhouse
- Lacolle railway station
- List of anglophone communities in Quebec
- List of municipalities in Quebec
- Municipal reorganization in Quebec
- Richelieu River
References
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- ↑ John R. Elting, Amateurs to Arms, p.176
- ↑ Report of the Commanding Officer of the 13th Foot
- ↑ NICOLAS, Paul Harris: Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces, Volume 2, p253
- ↑ "La bataille de Lacolle, 6 novembre 1838" Script error: No such module "webarchive". at Les Patriotes de 1837@1838
- ↑ "Bataille de Lacolle - 6 et 7 novembre 1838. (Bataille)" in La Mémoire du Québec
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- ↑ King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "South Shore Protestant Regional School Board" (St. Johns, PQ). The News and Eastern Townships Advocate. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from Google News on November 23, 2014.
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External links
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