Waterloo, Quebec
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Waterloo is a city in Quebec, included in La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative area of Montérégie.
This residential city with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants is located within the Eastern Townships, with an about sixty kilometers in the east of Montreal. It was founded in 1793 by Ezekiel Lewis, an English Loyal supporter after losing the American Revolution.
Waterloo became the summer residence of Montreal industrialist James Davidson in the 1880's. Davidson was the son of Scottish immigrant Thomas Davidson, who founded The Thos. Davidson Manufacturing Company, Ltd., a producer of enameled tinware with offices throughout Canada and around the world. Davidson established "Ayrmont Farm" on the western side of the town. The main house, "Orford View," still stands on Mountain Street. The guest bungalow across the road and surrounding property are still in the hands of the family.
Moreover, Waterloo, Quebec, was bound in 1957 with the town of Waterloo in Belgium. To commemorate this union each of the two Waterloos have in them a statue representing a little boy and a small girl sheltering under a mushroom.
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