Eastern Townships, Quebec

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Eastern_Townships,_Quebec

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:region
gptkbp:administrativeDivision	gptkb:Estrie part of Montérégie
gptkbp:area	approx. 12,000 km²
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Centre-du-Québec gptkb:Chaudière-Appalaches gptkb:Montérégie gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:climate	humid continental
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	Anglophone and Francophone communities
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite	gptkb:Loyalists
gptkbp:hasResort	gptkb:Mont_Orford gptkb:Bromont gptkb:Mont_Sutton Owl's Head
gptkbp:historicalName	Les Cantons de l'Est
gptkbp:historicalSettlementPeriod	late 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Eastern Townships, Quebec
gptkbp:knownFor	lakes tourism mountains ski resorts vineyards
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Quebec
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity	agriculture forestry manufacturing tourism
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Magog gptkb:Granby Sherbrooke
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Lake_Massawippi gptkb:Lake_Memphremagog gptkb:Magog_River gptkb:Coaticook_River gptkb:Saint-François_River
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Bishop's_University gptkb:Université_de_Sherbrooke
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:Mont-Orford_National_Park gptkb:Yamaska_National_Park Frontenac National Park
gptkbp:notablePeak	gptkb:Mont_Orford gptkb:Mont_Sutton Mont Bromont
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:French
gptkbp:population	approx. 500,000 (as of 2021)
gptkbp:touristAttraction	Route des vins Townships Trail
gptkbp:wineType	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Three_Pines
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7