Barrington, Quebec

Barrington
Hamlet
Barrington

Location in southern Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°6′39.599″N 73°34′22.799″W / 45.11099972°N 73.57299972°W / 45.11099972; -73.57299972Coordinates: 45°6′39.599″N 73°34′22.799″W / 45.11099972°N 73.57299972°W / 45.11099972; -73.57299972[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Montérégie
RCM Les Jardins-de-Napierville
Constituted July 1, 1855
Government[2][3]
 • Mayor Paul Viau
 • Federal riding Beauharnois—Salaberry
 • Prov. riding Huntingdon
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0L 1H0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways Route 219
Website www.hemmingford.ca

Barrington is a hamlet in the Township of Hemmingford, located at the junction of Rte 219 and Fisher Road. It was previously called Johnson's Corners. Barrington was Mr. Johnson's middle name.[4]

The Barrington Post Office operated from a store at Barrington from 1861 until 1969. It was previously called Johnson's Corners Post Office.

A railway station used to be located about 1 km (0.6 mi)(45.121N/73.573W) north of Barrington at the junction of the Canada Atlantic Railway line to Cantic and the Grand Trunk Railway line to Hemmingford (both now abandoned).[4] On current Google Maps the same spot is called 'The Crutch' - meaning unknown. Barrington Station was also known as Johnson's Station. A recreation of the station with original sign is located at Canadian Railway Museum in Delson, Quebec.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 28436 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Hemmingford (township)
  3. ↑ Riding history for Beauharnois—Salaberry, Quebec from the Library of Parliament
  4. 1 2 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qchuntin/location/b.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.google.com/search?q=barrington+station+exporail&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=b7pqVImzCoHesASev4HAAQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAw&biw=1280&bih=896
Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Saint-Chrysostome Sainte-Clotilde / Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
Havelock Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
   Hemmingford "Barrington"  
 United States
Mooers, New York


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