Saint-Venant-de-Paquette is a municipality in Quebec.
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Founded in 1862, the village of Saint-Venant-de-Paquette is nicknamed "The Turtle Dove of the Eastern Townships". This small village of a hundred people is the oldest settlement near the U.S. border.
There are about 100 residents; however, the exact number is not available. The municipality is unable to provide an exact figure because many of the homes are used as cottages or as second homes.
The village is situated north of East-Hereford, south of St. Malo, and east of Coaticook.
Saint-Venant-de-Paquette strives on: enhancing the natural environment in which the municipality is located. It promotes the works of Quebecois poets.
The community offers its visitors access to sites where they can learn, relax, talk about the past and reunite with nature. It also provides the public with popular shows and classical concerts.
However, the village provides no services such as a school, a gas station, or even a convenience store. As a consequence, the village employs only two part-time workers: the mayor and a secretary.
Property taxes are relatively high even though the village provides little-to-no services. The only service provided is waste management, and snow removal.
Most villagers do not have access to high-speed internet.
Most villagers have wells to provide water.
The nearest fire department is in Beecher Falls, Vermont.
The village attempts to keep its church in such a condition as to provide a means for income. The church has been exploited by turning it into a museum.
Since 1993, a committee called Les Amis du Patrimoine was organized in order to promote and organize cultural and artistic activities in the village. Some of these activities have funded, in part, the maintenance and renovation of the church. Further, Les Amis du Patrimoine have added, to their list of responsibilities, the opening of a small boutique called the "Tree House", and, have created a nature-path called the "Poetic Trail". Les Amis du Patrimoine in Saint-Venant-de-Paquette is a non-profit organization that depends mainly on the voluntary involvement of its citizens and from elsewhere.