Cowansville, Quebec
—  Town  —
Nesbitt House, Cowansville
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Brome-Missisquoi
Settled	1800
Constitution date	1890
Government
- Mayor	Arthur Fauteux
- Governing body
Area
- Total	46. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk National regions Provinces and territories are normally grouped into the following Regions (generally from west to east Northern Canada Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 09 km² (17. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	12,182
- Density	264. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (684. 5/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
Geographical code	2446080
Website: Ville de Cowansville

Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the U.S. border. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during A Geocode ( G eospatial E ntity O bject Code) is representation format of a geospatial coordinate measurement used to provide a standard representation A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality. Brome-Missisquoi is a regional county municipality in south central Quebec, Canada. The term regional county municipality or RCM ( French: municipalité régionale de comté MRC) is used in the Canadian

In recent years, Cowansville has seen its commercial activity blossom mainly due to its proximity to a major freeway, Autoroute 10, and the Eastern Townships ski resort region. Autoroute 10 (also called Bonaventure Expressway / Autoroute Bonaventure between the Ville-Marie Expressway and the Champlain Bridge in Montreal

History and name

Water Fountain in downtown Cowansville

Jacob Ruiter was the first person to settle on the current site of Cowansville. In 1800 he built a flour mill, and then a saw mill. In 1805, Ruiter named the small town as Nelsonville, in honour of British admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson, who was killed in the naval Battle of Trafalgar. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the

The city's current name is due to Peter Cowan, a merchant from Montreal who settled in the area in 1836 and become postmaster in 1841. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Postmaster (or Postmistress) refers to the head of an individual Post office. In order to avoid that the mail being sent inadvertently to another city named Nelsonville, close to Hamilton in Upper Canada, he decided to change its name. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario

During the 1870s, the construction of the South Eastern Railway linking Montreal to Cowansville and the opening of the first bank, the Eastern Townships Bank, contributed to the expansion of the small city, which say many business settle in the area. The municipality detached from the district of Dunham, and incorporated on the January 1st 1876 and officially was named Cowansville. Dunham is a Ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality. In February of the same year James O'Halloran was acclaimed as Mayor by the town council. James O'Halloran (born c1820 died June 1 1913) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure Cowansville saw a strong industrial growth during the 20th century, and became a city on June 25, 1931, and has grown since World War II by various annexations.

The municipality has a current population of 12,000. The main economy is based on the industrial sector, in particular textiles. There is also a hospital, Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins, a municipal court, and a provincial park close to Davignon Lake.

Communities

Smokestack from the abandoned Vilas Factory

• Cowansville
• Todaro

References

Ville de Cowansville