Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire)
Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Qué, Town, pop 15 720 (2006c), 14 270 (2001c), inc 1966. Mont-Saint-Hilaire is located about 35 km east from MONTRÉAL on the Rivière RICHELIEU opposite BELOEIL. Cosily nestled between Mont Saint-Hilaire, the highest of the Monteregian Hills (411 m), and the Rivière Richelieu, Mont-Saint-Hilaire was created out of the merger of the original village of Saint-Hilaire (1855) with the town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire (1950). The name recalls Saint-Hilaire, Bishop of Poitiers (315-67), who was made famous for his stand against Arianism.

History
This area, part of the seigneury granted to Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville in 1694, was sufficiently settled at the end of the 18th century to warrant the creation of a mission church, Saint-Hilaire. In 1844, the seigneury was sold to Major Thomas Edmund Campbell, who invested a great deal in the development of his domain, transforming the old manor house into a fine Tudor-style mansion, building a grist mill (Guérin House) and investing in a railway linking Saint-Hilaire to the Montréal area. He encouraged the apple, cider and maple sugar industries, so typical still of that region of the province. The area's apple orchards and the museum of Cidrerie du Verger Gaston are local attractions.

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