Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
| Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | |
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| United township municipality | |
Jacques-Cartier River valley near Tewkesbury
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 Location within La Jacques-Cartier RCM. |
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 Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
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| Coordinates: 47°10′N 71°26′W / 47.167°N 71.433°WCoordinates: 47°10′N 71°26′W / 47.167°N 71.433°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | La Jacques-Cartier |
| Settled | 1815 |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robert Miller |
| • Federal riding | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier |
| • Prov. riding | Chauveau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 682.20 km2 (263.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 671.63 km2 (259.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,106 |
| • Density | 10.6/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 21.1% |
| • Dwellings | 3,376 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G3C |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways A-73
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 Route 175 Route 371
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| Website | www |
Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a united township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier north of Quebec City. Its main attraction is the Stoneham Mountain Resort.
The large territory of the municipality is only developed and inhabited in the south, where the population centres of Saint-Adolphe, Stoneham, and Tewkesbury are located. Large portions of the north are included in the Jacques-Cartier National Park and the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The terrain is hilly, part of the Laurentian Mountains, and crossed by the Jacques-Cartier, upper Sainte-Anne, and Hurons Rivers. Some of the more notable lakes are Beaumont, Saint-Vincent, and Saint-Guillaume.
In 1792, Philip Toosey was granted some 70 acres (280,000 m2) of land that formed the beginning of the village that he named Stoneham after the namesake village in Suffolk, England, where he came from. That same year, the toponyms of the geographic townships of Stoneham and Tewkesbury appeared. Tewkesbury may be attributed to Kenelm Chandler who was born in Tewkesbury, England, arrived in 1764 and was granted 9713 hectares of land in Stoneham in 1800.
The first influx of Irish, English, and Scottish settlers came in 1815. By 1831, its population had passed 175. In 1845, the Stoneham Municipality was formed and abolished in 1847. In 1850, the Parish of Saint-Edmond-de-Stoneham was formed, named after Edmund Rich of Canterbury (1170-1240). The Stoneham Post Office opened in 1854. A year later on July 1, the United Township Municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury was established, populated by about 25 families.
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