Thorne is a municipality in the
Pontiac Regional County Municipality
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, Quebec, Canada, about northwest of Downtown
Gatineau
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, part of the
Outaouais
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region.
It is named after a
town with the same name in
Yorkshire
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, England. The name Thorn(e) is rarely used alone in English
toponymy
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where it is more common in other forms such as Thornhill, Thornton, Thornley, Thornham, Thorngrove.
Geography
Thorne is located in the
Gatineau Hills with its highest hills reaching an elevation of above sea level. Its notable lakes are Barnes, Johnson, Mecham, Sparling, Thorne, and Toote Lakes.
Its settlements include Greer Mount, Hodgins, Ladysmith, Schwartz, Thornby, and Thorne Centre.
History
On May 1, 1861, the Township of Thorne was formed when it separated from
Clarendon Township. But because it was too small to form its own municipality, it was merged with Leslie Township.
James Martin was its first mayor.
That same year, it had a population between 450 and 465 people, made up of mixed national origin but only fourteen
French Canadian
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s.
During the next ten years, the area had a large increase of settlers from German descent.
In 1867, Leslie Township separated (now part of
Otter Lake) and Thorne was merged with its neighbouring townships to form the United Township Municipality of Thorne-Cawood-et-Alleyn. In 1876, the
Cawood and Alleyn townships were separated, resulting in the creation of the Township Municipality of Thorne on January 1, 1877, with John Rennix as mayor.
On August 2, 2003, the statute of the municipality changed and the Township Municipality of Thorne became the Municipality of Thorne.
Demographics
Population
Language
Mother tongues (2021):
[
* English as first language: 70.8%
* French as first language: 22.6%
* English and French as first language: 3.8%
* Other as first language: 2.8%
]
See also
* List of anglophone communities in Quebec
This is a list of anglophone communities in the Canadian province of Quebec. Municipalities with a high percentage of English-speakers in Quebec are listed.
The provincial average of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English is 7.6%, with a tot ...
* List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
External links
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Incorporated places in Outaouais
Municipalities in Quebec