Coaticook
town in Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Coaticook (English: koh-AT-ik-uuk, Quebec French: [kwat͡sɪˈkʊk]) is a town on the Coaticook River, located in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It resides in the region of Estrie, which is often referred to colloquially as the Eastern Townships.
It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, and its southern border is also the Canada–United States border.
The town of Coaticook was initially settled in the 1820s by British Loyalists coming from New England. The town was incorporated in 1864, and the municipalities of Barnston Township and Barford Township were later merged into Coaticook on December 12, 1998. The absorption of these townships introduced multiple communities to Coaticook that exist to this day, including Baldwin's Mills, Barnston, Ladd's Mills and Stanhope. As of 2021, the population of the municipality of Coaticook was 8,867 with a total area of 222.73 square kilometres (86.00 mi2).
The town of Coaticook is principally known for the Laiterie de Coaticook, the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook and Foresta Lumina, which bring in a majority of the town's tourists.
The municipality is named after the Coaticook River. The name “Coaticook” is of Abenaki origin, deriving from the term koatikeku, meaning “where the river is bordered by white pines”.
“Coaticook” enters the record as town in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Coaticook, town and Estrie can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q142053. VIAF identifies the subject as 123343273. The Library of Congress control number is n2001040814. Authority coordinates are 45.133, -71.800. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1864, 1998 and 2021.
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