Franklin, Quebec

Infobox Settlement
name = Franklin, Quebec
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Montérégie
subdivision_type3 = RCM
subdivision_name3 = Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
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leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Suzanne Yelle Blair
leader_title1 =Federal MP
(Beauharnois-Salaberry)
leader_name1 =Claude DeBellefeuille
(Bloc Québécois)
leader_title2 =Quebec MNA
(Huntingdon)
leader_name2 =Albert De Martin
(Action démocratique du Québec)
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established_title = Constitution
established_date = 31 Mar, 1973
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population_total =1651
population_density_km2 =14.6
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timezone = EST
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coor_type = 1670, route 202
latd=45 |latm=01 |lats=51 |latNS=N
longd=73 |longm=54 |longs=54 |longEW=W
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area_code =450
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website = [http://www.franklincentre.com/ www.franklincentre.com]
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Franklin is a municipality along the US-Canada border in Quebec. Its geological features include an east-west forested ridge Covey Hill, a foothill to the Adirondack Mountains of New York State to the south. Streams run from its northern flank to the Chateauguay Valley where tributaries feed the Chateauguay River that drains into the St. Lawrence River.

From Covey Hill the skyscrapers of Montreal are visible to the northeast. Apple orchards and maple sugar groves are the principal agriculture near the village of Franklin Centre, Quebec and on the hill while around the village of St. Antoine Abbe in the flat valley there are fertile croplands and dairy farms.

Leahy Orchards is a major employer and exporter of applesauce and Applesnax label products.

Recent news and controversies covered in The Gazette newspaper in Montreal include saving the small, country elementary school and citizens against industrial water bottling.

The road named "Chemin de Covey Hill" (Covey Hill road) is considered to be one of the premier cycling roads in southern Quebec. This is due to the impressive climb between Havelock and Franklin Centre, the breath-taking views of the St-laurence and Richelieu river valleys, as well as a surprisingly good quality road surface. This is the first road north of the US-Canada border.

References

* [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/accueil.asp/ Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E/ Statistics Canada]

External links

* [http://www.franklincentre.com Franklin Centre, Quebec]
* [http://www.chateauguayvalley.com Chateauguay Valley]
* [http://www.applesfranklin.com Apples]

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Franklin
North = Ormstown
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East = Saint-Chrysostome
Havelock
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South = Clinton County, New York
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West = Hinchinbrooke
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