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Huntingdon County, Quebec

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25: 168:, with its easternmost point at 45°5.5' N and 73°31′ W (this point forms the junction of the borders of Châteauguay County, Napierville County and Saint-Jean County) and to the north from east to west by Napierville County, Châteauguay County, and Beauharnois County. On the other side of the Saint Lawrence River is Soulanges County, Quebec, the 242:
Reserve at the westernmost point of the county in the Township of Dundee. That area of the Saint Lawrence, like many along its length, contains many small islands. The Reserve straddles the meeting point of the Quebec-Ontario-New York State borders at that point. The American side of the Reserve
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Huntingdon County is the only county in the St Lawrence Valley to be entirely and totally divided into townships, of which there are 7. All these townships run in a straight line and have the Canada–US border as a common southern border. From east to west they are the
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The history of the county of Huntingdon and of the seigniories of Chateaugay and Beauharnois, from their settlement to the year 1838
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On 1 January 1982, the county was officially dissolved. Most of the County became part of the
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to its most northern point on the river at 45°13′ N and 74°13′ W, to the east by
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except for a small section in the far east (The Township of Hemmingford and the
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A notable feature of Huntingdon County is the presence of the Saint Regis
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