Frelighsburg, Quebec

Frelighsburg
Frelighsburg
	Municipality
	The Freligh Mill on Pike River
	Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM.
	Frelighsburg Location in southern Quebec.
	Coordinates: 45°03′N 72°50′W / 45.050°N 72.833°WCoordinates: 45°03′N 72°50′W / 45.050°N 72.833°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Constituted	September 28, 1985
Government
• Mayor	Jean Lévesque
• 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	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1C0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 213 ; Route 237

Frelighsburg is a municipality in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, which is part of the administrative region of the Montérégie of Quebec, Canada. Its population, as of the Canada 2011 Census, was 1,094. The area was 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

Frelighsburg is on land that was originally inhabited by the Abenaki. It 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 from the 19th century are considered historical monuments. Prior to being named Frelighsburgh it was named Conroy's Mills, named after another mill owner, and Slab City because of the great quantities of sawdust and slabs (slang for bark) that were there.^[1]

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.