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Le blockhaus de la Rivière-Lacolle est représentatif de ce type d'ouvrage. La valeur patrimoniale du blockhaus de la Rivière-Lacolle repose également sur sa rareté. Après la signature du traité de Gand par les Britanniques et les Américains en 1814, les ouvrages militaires sont progressivement abandonnés, affectés à d'autres ...
Lacolle (French pronunciation:) is a municipality in southern Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of the Montérégie, on the Canada–United States border. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,708. The Lacolle River runs eastward through the middle of the town and empties in Richelieu River. More people cross the ...
Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established as a municipality officially in 1855, and its population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 1,542. A major border crossing, Blackpool, is located where St-Bernard-de-Lacolle abuts the village of Champlain, New York, at the junction of Quebec Autoroute 15 and U.S. US Interstate 87.
During the War of 1812, the blockhouse was the location for the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812) and the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814).. The Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812) was a short engagement in which a small garrison of Canadien Militia, with the assistance of Kahnawake Mohawk warriors, defended the Lacolle Mills Blockhouse from an American invasion force led by Major General Henry Dearborn.
Route 221 is a north–south highway in Quebec on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, linking the US border south of Lacolle to Saint-Isidore.. The highway begins at the US border at the Overton Corners–Lacolle 221 Border Crossing, where it connects to New York State Route 276 (NY 276), and goes north, briefly running concurrently with Route 202 before reaching the urban area of Lacolle.
The Overton Corners–Lacolle 221 Border Crossing connects the towns of Lacolle, Quebec to Champlain, New York on the Canada–United States border. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Because the village of Lacolle, Quebec has two border crossings, this one is called 221 to indicate it is the crossing on Quebec Route 221.
If you get informations at this place, you will see that it's indeed in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle. Several media outlets are erroneous on the exact name of the town. A lot will say "Lacolle" and the real point is in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle. --Poqué 02:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC) WP:BE We cannot edit based on what any of us personally knows.
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