Magog, Quebec
city in Estrie, Québec, Canada
Magog (locally MAY-gawg; French: [maɡɔɡ]) is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog—after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River. It is a major centre and industrial city in the Regional County Municipality of Memphremagog. The city lies in the Eastern Townships tourist region.
In 2002, the City of Magog was merged with the Township of Magog and the Village of Omerville as part of the municipal reorganization in Quebec.
Etymology
"Memphremagog" comes from the Abenaki word mamhlawbagak, which means "at the large expanse of water" or "at the vast lake". "Magog" is believed to be a truncation of the lake's name. However, it could also come from namagok or namagwôttik, which mean "the lake where there is brook trout". Others have theorised that the name has Biblical origins in Gog and Magog, or that it refers to an ancient city by the same name.
History
The Abenaki were the first to inhabit the region and had long visited the Memphremagog and its waterways. White settlement began in 1776, when Loyalists emigrated from nearby Vermont.
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