๐จ๐ฆ Cowansville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, located on Lac Davignon 20 km north of the U.S. border. It is the seat of Brome-Missisquoi, a regional county municipality.
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.
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.
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. In order to avoid the mail being sent inadvertently to another city named Nelsonville, close to Hamilton in Upper Canada, he decided to change its name.
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 allows many businesses settle in the area. The municipality detached from the district of Dunham, and incorporated on the January 1, 1876 and officially was named Cowansville. In February of the same year James O'Halloran was acclaimed as Mayor by the town council. 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, such as Sweetsburg in 1964.
The municipality has a current population of over 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, a federal penitentiary, and a Nature Centre close to Davignon Lake.
Cowansville is the seat of the judicial district of Bedford.
Cowansville has a population of over 12,489 people. Cowansville also forms the centre of the wider Brome-Missisquoi Municipality which has a population of over 89,071 people.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Cowansville has links with:
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๐ท๐ธ Baฤka Palanka 45.25
๐บ๐ฆ Yevpatoria 45.198
๐บ๐ฆ Yevpatoriya 45.183
๐ซ๐ท Pรฉrigueux 45.183
๐ญ๐ท Slavonski Brod 45.167
๐บ๐ธ Coon Rapids 45.167
๐จ๐ฆ Shawinigan -72.731
๐ญ๐น Saint-Marc -72.7
๐ง๐ท Cruzeiro do Sul -72.667
๐บ๐ธ Northampton -72.65
๐จ๐ด San Josรฉ del Guaviare -72.643
๐บ๐ธ Greenfield -72.6
๐บ๐ธ West Hartford -72.75
๐บ๐ธ New Britain -72.783
๐ญ๐น Port-de-Paix -72.833
๐จ๐ฑ Port Montt -72.933
๐จ๐ฑ Puerto Montt -72.933
Locations Near: Cowansville -72.7474,45.2024
๐จ๐ฆ Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu -73.25,45.306 d: 41
๐บ๐ธ Saint Albans -73.083,44.8 d: 52
๐บ๐ธ St. Albans -73.083,44.8 d: 52
๐จ๐ฆ McMasterville -73.233,45.55 d: 54.2
๐จ๐ฆ Drummondville -72.483,45.883 d: 78.5
๐จ๐ฆ Brossard -73.45,45.467 d: 62.3
๐จ๐ฆ Longueuil -73.494,45.542 d: 69.5
๐จ๐ฆ Saint-Constant -73.571,45.371 d: 67.1
Antipodal to: Cowansville 107.253,-45.202
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18512.2
๐ฆ๐บ Albany 117.867,-35.017 d: 18569.4
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18428.7
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18402.4
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18387.7
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18365.1
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18364.3
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18355.3