Frelighsburg

Frelighsburg
Frelighsburg
Municipality
	The Freligh Mill on Pike River
	Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM.
	Frelighsburg Location in southern Quebec.
	Coordinates: 45°03′N 72°50′W / 45.050°N 72.833°W
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Brome-Missisquoi
Constituted	September 28, 1985
Government
• Mayor	Lucie Dagenais
• Federal riding	Brome—Missisquoi
• Prov. riding	Brome-Missisquoi
Area
• Total	124.60 km2 (48.11 sq mi)
• Land	123.31 km2 (47.61 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	1,123
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.1%
• Dwellings	622
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0J 1C0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	R-213 ; R-237
Website	https://frelighsburg.ca/

Frelighsburg is a municipality in the Estrie region of southern Quebec, Canada, on the border with Vermont. It is at the foot of Mount Pinnacle, part of the Appalachian Mountains.

Administratively, it is within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, in the Estrie. Its population, as of the Canada 2021 Census, was 1,123.

History

Saint-François d'Assise Church

Frelighsburg is on land that was originally inhabited by the Abenaki. It was established as a colony in the late 1790s by American Loyalists, including pioneer Abram Freligh, a physician of German origin who lived in Clinton, New York. The sawmill built by his son in 1839, and several other buildings from the 19th century are considered historical monuments. Prior to being named Frelighsburgh it was named Conroy's Mills, named after another mill owner, and Slab City because of the great quantities of sawdust and slabs (slang for bark) that were there.^[1]

Geography

Frelighsburg is less than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Canada–US border with Vermont, nestled in a valley of orchards crossed by the Pike River and at the foot of Mount Pinnacle.