From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
Lacolle, Quebec
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lacolle |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Lacolle Quebec aerial 2025.jpg |
| image_caption | Aerial view of Lacolle |
| image_map | Lacolle Quebec location diagram.PNG |
| map_caption | Location within Le Haut-Richelieu RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within southern Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Montérégie |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Le Haut-Richelieu |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | September 13, 2001 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Jacques Lemaistre-Caron |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Saint-Jean |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Huntingdon |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 53.50 |
| area_land_km2 | 49.41 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2708 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 54.8 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 4.3% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 1278 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0J 1J0 |
| area_codes | 450 and 579 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
Lacolle () 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 border illegally from the United States there than at any other point. Almost nineteen thousand people were detained in 2017. The nearest town across the border is Champlain, New York.
History
The written history of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609, when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal, Champlain referred to the location of the delta as "Lacole". When translated literally, the term means the neck of a bottle or that which is above the shoulders.
Lacolle was the site of three battles in the early 19th Century. Two of the battles took place during the War of 1812. 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 a makeshift log blockhouse from an American invasion force led by Major General Henry Dearborn. In the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814) a garrison of 80 men of the 13th Regiment of Foot and a Congreve rocket detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery, later reinforced by a company of the Canadian Voltigeurs and the Grenadier company of the Canadian Fencibles successfully defended a blockhouse and stone mill building from an attacking American force of 4,000 men led by Major General James Wilkinson.
The Battle of Lacolle was fought on November 7, 1838, between Loyal Lower Canada volunteer forces under Major John Scriver and Lower Canada rebels under Colonel Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski. The half hour battle ended in a rebel defeat.
Demographics
Population
| 2006 |2512 | 2011 |2680 | 2016 |2596 | 2021 |2708
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lacolle, Quebec | Census | Total | Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,330 | 5.2% | 86.0% | 235 | 4.1% | 8.7% | 60 | 20.0% | 2.2% | 65 | |||||||
| 2,215 | 2.6% | 85.4% | 245 | 21.0% | 9.4% | 50 | 25.0% | 1.9% | 70 | |||||||
| 2,275 | 5.3% | 84.9% | 310 | 21.6% | 11.6% | 40 | 166.7% | 1.5% | 55 | |||||||
| 2,160 | n/a | 86.2% | 255 | n/a | 10.2% | 15 | n/a | 0.6% | 75 |
Economy
Lacolle as a small industrial park featuring Arneg Inc, Soudure HMC inc, and a Recycling complex operated by Compo Haut-Richelieu inc. (headquartered in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
Education
The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board previously served the municipality.
References
References
- "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Lacolle".
- [https://archive.today/20121205202124/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=643 Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: SAINT-JEAN (Quebec)]
- (3 February 2019). "RCMP has spent more than $6.6M to process migrants at Canada's busiest illegal crossing". National Post.
- "Battle of Lacolle Mills".
- John R. Elting, ''Amateurs to Arms'', p.176
- [http://www.warof1812.ca/lacolle.htm Report of the Commanding Officer of the 13th Foot]
- NICOLAS, Paul Harris: Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces, Volume 2, p253
- link. (2007-03-12 at Les Patriotes de 1837@1838)
- [http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bataille_de_Lacolle_-6_et_7_novembre_1838.%28Bataille%29 "Bataille de Lacolle - 6 et 7 novembre 1838. (Bataille)"] in ''[[La Mémoire du Québec]]''
- Statistics Canada: [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census. 2021]] census
- King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board). "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=863&dat=19651216&id=WM0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wCoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3288,6471414 South Shore Protestant Regional School Board]" (St. Johns, PQ). ''[[The News and Eastern Townships Advocate]]''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from [[Google News]] on November 23, 2014.
- {{toponymie. 372452
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about Lacolle, Quebec — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report