Stanstead, Quebec
Stanstead is a town in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, located on the Canada–United States border across from Derby Line, Vermont.
Stanstead | |
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View of Stanstead from across the Canada–United States border | |
| Nickname: Granite Capital of Canada | |
| Motto(s): Three Villages, One Border—Trois Villages, Une Frontière | |
Location within Memphrémagog RCM | |
Stanstead Location in Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°01′N 72°06′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| RCM | Memphrémagog |
| Settled | 1789–1796 |
| Constituted | February 15, 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jody Stone |
| • Federal riding | Compton—Stanstead |
| • Prov. riding | Orford |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.30 km2 (8.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 22.72 km2 (8.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,857 |
| • Density | 125.8/km2 (326/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006–2011 | 3.4% |
| • Dwellings | 1,361 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways A-55 | R-143 R-247 |
| Website | www |
The Town of Stanstead was created in 1995 by the merger of the former villages of Stanstead Plain and Beebe (formerly Beebe Plain) and the Town of Rock Island. It is not to be confused with the township of Stanstead, which is nearby although not directly adjacent (the municipality of Ogden lies in between). Not only is Stanstead home to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House—the only heritage building deliberately constructed straddling the border between both countries—it also features Canusa Street, one of a number of streets in the world where the country border corresponds to the middle line marker, effectively making across-the-street neighbors residents of two countries.