Stanhope, Quebec
Community in Quebec, Canada
45°00′45.4″N 71°47′54.9″W / 45.012611°N 71.798583°W / 45.012611; -71.798583
Canada
Quebec (2009)
R-147Stanhope is a Canadian village and community of Coaticook, Coaticook RCM, in the Estrie region of Quebec. Its population is less than 200 residents.
History
The village was a separate community in the 1890s which later became part of Coaticook municipality.
Geography
Located on the Canada–United States border, in front of the town of Norton (Essex County, Vermont); Stanhope spans its residential area on a main road west of the Coaticook River, nearby the Montreal-Sherbrooke-Portland rail.[2] To the east is located the now defunct Stanhope Airport and, on the Quebec Route 147, the border control station.[3]
The village is 6 km far from Dixville, 14 from Coaticook, 24 from Canaan (Vermont), 27 from Stewartstown (New Hampshire), 30 from Brighton (Vermont) and 50 from Sherbrooke.
Transport
The village had a small private airport, is crossed by the Quebec Route 147 and by the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Stanhope on roadsidethoughts.com
- ^ 4644469745 Stanhope on OpenStreetMap
- ^ Stanhope (CBSA)
External links
Media related to Stanhope at Wikimedia Commons
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Subdivisions of Coaticook Regional County Municipality- Stanhope
- Regional County Municipalities in Estrie:
Coaticook - Le Granit
- Le Haut-Saint-François
- Le Val-Saint-François
- Les Sources
- Memphrémagog
- Independent Cities: Sherbrooke
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