The Origin of the Name ‘Chateaugay’
This sketch was written for the Franklin County Historical Society by Mrs. Annie L. Jack, of Chateauguay, Basin, P. Q., and read at a meeting of the society, held Oct. 6, 1903.
The Chateauguay river, starting as it does, in the small lakes at the foothills of the Adirondacks, and winding its picturesque, but uneven, way through the counties of Huntingdon and Chateauguay, is a river of special interest to those who live within its influence along the fifty miles, until at Chateauguay Basin it empties into the St. Lawrence. At this point there is an interesting circumstance, for the blue water of the St. Lawrence will not mingle with that of the Chateauguay, and a distinct line of division may be seen where these waters meet.
interesting history
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