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to a number of interesting buildings: the mansard-style Gale family residence, now the Foyer Waterville; the Anglican church on the corner of Principale and Compton Ouest; a covered bridge dating from the second half of the 19th century; and the Ball residence, a Queen-Anne style house which belonged to the founders of the Dominion Snath company, once a North American leader in scythe handle production. The former Ball residence now houses a bed and breakfast. The nine-hole Bonnie View
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businessman. Convinced by merchants in Quebec City, Joseph Pennoyer collected seven tons of hemp at his sawmill, intended for the manufacture of British ship cords. Inventor George Gale succeeded him in 1879, patenting his own mattress designs, which eventually made him one of the world's great inventors of
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Waterville remains an industrial centre, with three internationally recognized companies, one of which is Waterville TG, acquired by the Japanese giant Gosei in 1988 and specializing in auto-part manufacturing. Aside from the rubber, plastic moulding and woodworking factories, Waterville is also host
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Waterville owes its existence to water-power, harnessed first by a sawmill (1810) and subsequently by several other industries, which attracted its initial British, Loyalist and American population in 1870. Industrial development began in 1810 with the construction of a sawmill by a Compton Township
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total private dwellings, a change of 8.8% from its 2016 population of
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La Région-Sherbrookoise Regional County Municipality
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Prior to January 1, 2002, it was in 1201:Coaticook Regional County Municipality 1183: 1007:Coaticook Regional County Municipality 457:Coaticook Regional County Municipality 971: 870:Places adjacent to Waterville, Quebec 843: 732: 707: 280:44.42 km (17.15 sq mi) 272:44.80 km (17.30 sq mi) 877: 13: 1127:Regional County Municipalities in 98: 14: 1212: 821:City of Waterville official site. 814: 701:Commission de toponymie du Québec 691:Banque de noms de lieux du Québec 509:, Waterville had a population of 999: 936: 922: 914: 897: 634: 633: 618: 617: 602: 601: 586: 585: 570: 569: 554: 553: 415: 406: 397: 313: 312: 179: 159: 97: 90: 74: 59: 47: 496: 785: 80:Location within Coaticook RCM. 1: 1196:Incorporated places in Estrie 937: 898: 674: 923: 915: 720:Répertoire des municipalités 111:Location in southern Quebec. 7: 662: 10: 1217: 1191:Cities and towns in Quebec 483: 470: 15: 1122: 1106: 1098:Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton 1090: 1034: 1013: 875: 751:. 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Waterville
City

Official seal of Waterville
Location within Coaticook RCM.
Waterville is located in Southern Quebec
45°16′N 71°54′W / 45.267°N 71.900°W / 45.267; -71.900
Canada
Province
Quebec
Region
Estrie
RCM
Coaticook
Federal riding
Compton—Stanstead
Prov. riding
Saint-François
Time zone
UTC−5
EST
DST
UTC−4
EDT
Postal code(s)
J0B 3H0
Area code
819
R-108
R-143

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