Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | |
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 Location within Argenteuil RCM. |
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 Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
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| Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°20′W / 45.567°N 74.333°WCoordinates: 45°34′N 74°20′W / 45.567°N 74.333°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Argenteuil |
| Settled | 1800 |
| Constituted | December 29, 1999 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | André Jetté |
| • Federal riding | Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| • Prov. riding | Argenteuil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 101.90 km2 (39.34 sq mi) |
| • Land | 97.78 km2 (37.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,275 |
| • Density | 33.5/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 5.7% |
| • Dwellings | 1,551 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0V 1X0 |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
Highways A-50
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 Route 327 Route 344
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| Website | www |
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located along the Ottawa River, just south of Lachute.
Carillon, being located at the foot of the Long-Sault rapids on the Ottawa River, has a long history. It started out as a trading post at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and then a relay station for voyageurs. Here in 1660, Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and his companions saved New France from attack by the Iroquois during the Battle of Long Sault, according to tradition. However, evidence was found of a burnt palisade in the vicinity of the earthworks of the present dam constructed on the opposite side in present day Ontario. In 1671, an officer of the Carignan Regiment, Philippe Carion (Carrion), obtained the area as a concession in the Montreal Island Seigneury from Dollier de Casson and established a trading post. But the name Carillon was reported in 1686 in the journal of Chevalier de Troyes.
Around 1800, settlers of Scottish origin settled at the confluence of the North River (Rivière du Nord) and Rouge River near the Ottawa River. In 1819, the post office with the English name of St. Andrews East (Frenchified to Saint-André-Est in 1978) was established here, having adopted the name of the patron saint of the Scottish settlers. Also here two years later in 1821, John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892, was born. In 1845, the Argenteuil Municipality was founded, but was abolished two years later. In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil was formed.
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