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In 2002, the Service de police municipale de Lachute was transferred to the Sûreté du Québec. [5] The Expo Lachute Fair is the oldest fair in Quebec and the second-oldest in all of Canada, running from 1825 to the present. In 1917, the Argenteuil Agricultural Society purchased land to hold the Expo Lachute Fair permanently in Lachute.
In 1796, Jedediah Lane, from Jericho, Vermont, bought from Major Murray several thousand acres of land on both sides of the North River (Rivière du Nord), where Lachute is today. In 1809, Thomas Barron bought the land of the territory that would become the center of the town of Lachute.
Argenteuil County (French: Comté d'Argenteuil, pronounced [kɔ̃te daʁʒɑ̃tœj]) is an historic county in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was located on the Ottawa River between Gatineau and Montreal. The county seat was Lachute.
A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (second-hand) goods. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' and 'casual' markets [ 3 ] which divides a fixed-style market (formal) with long-term leases ...
Brownsburg-Chatham (French pronunciation: [bɹaunsbɚɡ ʃatam]) is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. Economic activities include agriculture, tourism and the manufacture of explosives. It is the hometown of late Montreal Canadiens defenceman Gilles Lupien.
Beginning at the junction of Route 148 just east of Lachute, it ends 93 kilometers further north at the junction of Route 125 in Saint-Donat, just south of Mont-Tremblant National Park. It is briefly concurrent with Route 364 in Morin-Heights and Route 117 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts.
Harrington is a township municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of Lachute. Its population centres include Harrington, Lac-Keatley, Lakeview, Lost River, and Rivington.
He was later the member for Argenteuil in the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. He was first elected in a by-election on 1 June 1998, and was re-elected in the general elections held on November 30, 1998 and April 14, 2003. When the Liberals regained power he was named the Parliamentary secretary to Jean Charest.