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Coaticook

Coaticook
City
Main Street
Main Street
Location within Coaticook RCM.
Location within Coaticook RCM.
Coaticook is located in Southern Quebec
Coaticook
Coaticook
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800Coordinates: 45°08′N 71°48′W / 45.133°N 71.800°W / 45.133; -71.800
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Estrie
RCM Coaticook
Settled 1820s
Constituted December 30, 1998
Government
 • Mayor Bertrand Lamoureux
 • Federal riding Compton—Stanstead
 • Prov. riding Saint-François
Area
 • Total 223.60 km2 (86.33 sq mi)
 • Land 218.57 km2 (84.39 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 9,255
 • Density 42.3/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.6%
 • Dwellings 4,208
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J1A
Area code(s) 819
Highways Route 141
Route 147
Route 208
Website www.ville.coaticook.qc.ca

Coaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the Canada–United States border.

In addition to the primary community of Coaticook, smaller communities now within the municipal boundaries include Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and Stanhope. Stanhope was a separate community in the 1890s.

Stanhope is home to the small Stanhope Airport.

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Cemeteries in or near Coaticook include Mount Forest Cemetery, Saint Edmond Cemetery, St-Luc and St-Wilfrid-de-Barnston.

Coaticook is home to the Coaticook Big Bill of the Ligue de Baseball Senior Élite du Québec, which play their home games in Julien Morin Stadium.

Coaticook city hall.

Child street in 2014.

Eastern Townships Bank, Main street.

Coaticook post office.

Gérin House, built in 1851.

Beaulne House in Coaticook.

Railroad station in Coaticook.

Grand Trunk Station (Coaticook)




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