Brownsburg

Brownsburg-Chatham is a municipality within the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located along the Ottawa River, just west of Lachute, and consists of the businesses of Brownsburg, Cushing, Dalesville, Greece's Point, Pine Hill, and Saint-Philippe. Economic sports encompass agriculture, tourism and the manufacture of explosives. It is the location of delivery of Gilles Lupien, retired defenceman of the Montreal Canadiens. Chatham Township was established in 1799, and named after English Statesman William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.

Mostly populated with the aid of rich American Loyalists, its publish place of business opened in 1829 and the township municipality became formed in 1845. By the mid-19th century, there have been some hamlets which includes Dalesville, Brownsbury, and Starneville. In 1818, Major George Brown, born in England, modified into granted through the authorities land at the West River. Together with pioneers Daniel Smith and Captain A. L. Howard, he have become capable of breathe existence into the neighborhood enterprise at some stage within the 1820s.

George Brown built, amongst distinct achievements, a sawmill and gristmill which contributed to the economic increase of the area and brought on the formation of Brownsburg village which turn out to be named after him. In 1854, the Brownsburg Post Office opened. Later within the 1/three area of the 19th century, a amazing palms manufacturing unit run with the aid of the Dominion Cartridge Company emerge as the crucial neighborhood organisation.