An old name for Île-Lalonde in the north end of Lake
St-Francis, 0.6mi (1km) east of Coteau Landing.
(45.256N/74.194W)
Main Street North (Hemmingford Village)
The section of Frontier Street (Rte 219) in
Hemmingford Village, running north from the corners at Rte
202. (45.047N/73.588W) Also locally called North
Street.
Main Street South (Hemmingford Village)
The section of Frontier Street (Rte 219) in
Hemmingford Village, running south from the corners at Rte
202. (45.044N/73.590W) Also locally called South
Street.
Malloy's Rapids
A rapids in the Châteauguay River, west of Ormstown,
close to the mouth of Finn Creek, 1.5mi 2.4km) east of
Dewittville. Named after the settler on a nearby farm.
Malone (NY)
A township or rural municipality in Franklin County, northern
New York State, in the area surrounding the Village of
Malone.
Malone Junction (NY)
A railway junction and possible station with the New York
Central (Conrail) and the old Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain
Railroad. It was located on the east side of the Village of
Malone. (44.857N/74.274W)
Malone, Village of (NY)
The major town in Franklin County, northern New York State,
located 10mi (16km) south of Trout River Lines.
(44.850N/74.290W)
Mannagh's Corners
The first old name for Havelock Corners. It was named after
its founder, David Mannagh, an Irishman. It was later renamed
Vicars and subsequently became Havelock Corners or just
Havelock.
Manning Cemetery, John
An old private cemetery for the John Manning family, early
settlers and the founder of the first Manningville (later
Stacey's Corners) in Franklin Township. It is located in the
Stevenson Orchard, 0.16mi (0.25km) west of the junction of
Rte 202 and the Clinton Sideroad, 2.4mi (3.9km) WSW
of Franklin Centre. (45.019N/73.973W)
Manning Cemetery
A private family cemetery on Rte 202, about
0.5mi (0.8km) west of junction with Rte 201
(Maritana). (45.040N/73.876W) Not to be confused with the John
Manning Cemetery, further west in the Stevenson Orchard, near the
Clinton Sideroad.
Manning Family Cemetery (Hemmingford)
Another name for the Odell-McKay Cemetery on account of
Squire Manning having owned the land and his daughter was the
first burial.
Manningville
A hamlet at the corner of Rte 202 and the
Clinton Sideroad. (45.020N/73.971W) Named after Squire John
Manning and his sons who settled there in 1820. Later, after the
post office moved, it was renamed Stacey's Corners after
Manning's son-in-law, Asher Stacey. An 1881 document refers to
Manningville as "the first post office located at a place called
the Frontier". Most likely it is being confused with Frontier
Lines, on the border to the south.
Manningville Post Office
The Manningville Post Office operated at the original
Manningville hamlet from before 1832 until the early 1840s when
it moved east to Fisher Ames' store in Bridgetown.
Mantana
A corrupted name for Maritana printed in a Montréal
newspaper article on the Fenian Raids in 1860.
Maple Grove
A town on the shore of the St-Lawrence River, 1.8mi (2.9km)
ENE of Beauharnois. (45.324N/73.840W) It was named for the large
number of maple trees that greeted the early settlers. It was
incorporated as a town in 1918.
Maple Grove Station
A railway station on the New York Central (Conrail) Railway
line near Maple Grove. (45.319N/73.835W)
Maple Island
The old name for Île-de-Beaujeu, located in the north
channel of the St-Lawrence River between Grande-Île and
Coteau.
Maplemore
A hamlet in Godmanchester (now St-Anicet) that was located at
the junction of the Leahy Road (Chemin Leahy) and the Cooper
Sideroad (Montée Cooper), 3.0mi (4.8km) east of Cazaville.
(45.082N/74.309W)
Maplemore Post Office
The Maplemore Post Office operated from 1902 until 1915.
Marais de la Ferme Therrien
A marsh on the south shore of the St-Lawrence River, in the
Akwesasne Indian Reserve (St-Regis). It is located 1.2mi (2km)
west of Dundee Village, on the west side of the Salmon River at
the US border.
Marais Giroux
A swampy area 2.8mi (4.6km) SE of St-Chrysostome Village at
the west end of the Back Bush Road. (45.086N/73.709W)
Marais Sugar Bush
A marsh on the south shore of the St-Lawrence River, in the
Akwesasne Indian Reserve (St-Regis). It is located 2.4mi (3.9km)
WNW of Dundee Village, on the west side of the Salmon River.
Marble River
A tributary on the east side of the Châteauguay River,
located on the north side of Chateaugay (NY).
Maritana
A hamlet in Franklin Township, that was located on Rte
202 at the junction of Rte 201, 3mi (4.8km)
east of Franklin Centre. (45.040N/73.863W) Sometimes mis-spelt
Maratana, Mantana or Montana.
Maritana Post Office
The Maritana Post Office operated from 1865 until 1914.
Marlin Corner
Mis-spelling of Merlin Corners.
Marshal Family Cemetery (Godmanchester)
A private family cemetery for the Thomas Marshall family,
located on their family farm, lot 42, Fifth Concession
(Godmanchester). This is the same lot where the Trout River Post
Office was located.
marsh island
A raised, relatively dry area of land in the middle of a wet
swamp or marsh. Might also be called a "swamp island". All of the
marsh islands in the SW area are in the west corner of Dundee
Township or in the St-Regis Indian Reserve.
Marsh Island
A marsh or swamp island in Dundee, located 1.9mi (3.1km) NNE
of Dundee Village, on the east side of the Salmon River.
(45.024N/74.519W)
Martin Creek
A tributary of the Châteauguay River that runs through
the middle of Ormstown to its mouth just above the old bridge.
(45.124N/73.998W) Previously called Lovell Creek.
Martin's Corners Post Office
The Martin's Corners Post office operated from 1860 until
1862 at a location in the Beauharnois electorial district. Exact
location is not yet determined?
Martintown, ON
A village in eastern Ontario, located 10.5mi (17km) west of
Lancaster, ON. (45.153N/74.711W)
Mary's Reef
An old name for Pointe-Coulonge on the north shore of the
St-Lawrence River, a short distance west of
Pointe-des-Cascades.
Marystown (Marys Town)
An area in the Seigniory of Beauharnois on the west side of
the St-Louis River. It is bounded on the north by the
St-Lawrence River, on the east and south by the St-Louis River
and on the west by Helenstown and Domain du Buisson. Named
after Alexander Ellice's daughter, Mary. Sometimes written as
two words.
Mason Corners (NY)
An old hamlet at the corner of US RT11 and NYS RT276, 1.5mi
(2.4km) east of Champlain (NY). (44.984N/73.417W)
Maybank
A hamlet in St-Anicet Parish, located on Rte 132
at the corner of Chemin Trepanier, 2mi (3.2km) SW of Cazaville.
(45.070N/74.403W)
May Bank (Maybank) Post Office
The May Bank Post Office operated from 1899 until 1915.
McAdam Road (Hemmingford)
An old name for the Moore Road.
McCaig's Corners
A local name for Tullochgorum hamlet at the corner of
Tullochgorum Road and Brysonville Sideroad. Named for the
storekeeper on that corner.
McClatchie Cemetery
A private family cemetery located on the First Concession
(Hinchinbrooke), 0.2mi (0.3km) west of the Herdman Sideroad.
(45.010N/74.098W)
McClintock('s) Creek
A tributary on the north side of the Châteauguay River,
with it's mouth a short distance west of Ormstown, 0.5mi (0.8km)
from the junction of the Outarde River. It was named after the
family that owned the farm through which it flowed. It was
previously named Smith's Creek. (45.123N/74.014W)
McCoy's Lines
An old name for the border crossing south of Herdman (Herdman
Customs). Named after Geo. McCoy, who owned a store at that
location. It was also called Châteauguay Frontier
probably because it was on the road or trail to Chateaugay
(NY).
McCrea-Kingsbury Cemetery
This cemetery is located on private land on Shields Road NE
of Hemmingford, 0.4mi (0.7km) SW of the corner with Fisher Road.
(45.085N/73.551W)
McDonald's Point (Dundee)
An old name of a point on the south shore of Lake St-Francis,
east of the Isle of Skye Settlement. It was located 0.6mi (1km)
south of Pointe-Leblanc, 2mi (3.3km) NE of Fraser's Point.
(45.069N/74.444W) The modern name is unknown?
McDonald's Point (Maple Grove)
A small point on the NE side of Maple Grove between
Pointe-Goyette and Pointe-du-Docteur. (45.330N/73.835W)
McGee's Point
An old (c1820) name for Pointe-Baudette on the north side of
Lake St-Francis.
McGill's Corners
A hamlet on the Norton Creek. It was located 1.9mi (3.1km)
west of St-Clothilde, at the road junction where Rte
209 turns east on the Grand Rang St-Clothilde (Beechridge
Road). The name disappeared when the Norton Creek (hamlet) name
was moved from the Brownville/Norton Creek location, 0.9mi
(1.5km) upstream, and applied to the McGill's Corners
location.
McIntosh Corners (Hinchinbrooke)
The corner of the Gowan Road and Rockburn Sideroad, located
(1.7km) north of Rockburn Village. (45.038N/74.008W)
McKie's Point
This name showed in a 1878 report on lighthouses. It was on
Lake St-Francis, east of the Laguerre River, possibly? on a point
near the lakeshore end of the Plank Road where a modern
lighthouse is situated.
McKillop Point
A point on Lake St-Francis, 0.3mi (0.5km) north of Port
Lewis. (45.176N/74.280W)
McKirryher's Hill (Hemmingford)
The hill on Rte 219, on the north side of
Cleland's Corners, the junction with Covey Hill Road.
(45.022N/73.608W)
McNair's Hill
A raised area located in Godmanchester Township, close to the
present day corner of the Back Ridge Road and Smellie Sideroad.
(45.10N/74.25W) Named after James McNair, who first built a house
there.
McNown (McNowan's) Rapids
A rapids in the Châteauguay River between Ormstown and
Dewittville. It was located 1.8mi (3km) west of the mouth of the
Outarde River. (45.118N/74.040W)
McPherson's Point
A point on the south shore of the St-Charles River or the
south channel of the St-Lawrence River on the south side of
Grande-Île.
Meadows, The (Ormstown)
An area of grassland, probably formed by a floodplain and
clearances by earlier American squatters, used by the early
settlers to provide feed for their cattle. It was located on the
north side of the Châteauguay River, midway between
Ormstown and Brysonville. (45.138N/73.959W)
Melocheville
A town located at the east end of the Old Beauharnois Canal,
2.4mi (3.8km) west of Beauharnois. (45.317N/73.927W) Named after
Joseph Meloche, an early merchant. May have previously been
locally named Foot of Canal (Pied-du-Canal) following
construction of the canal. It was incorporated as a town in 1919
under the name Municipalité du Village du Lac St-Louis and
finally officially became Melocheville in 1953.
Melocheville Post Office
The Melocheville Post Office has been in operation since
1863. Prior to that, it was named the Teohauta Post Office.
Melocheville Station
A railway station on the New York Central (Conrail) Railway
line, 0.9mi (1.4km) south of Melocheville. (45.306N/73.940W)
Mènard
A hamlet located 2.8mi (4.5km) west of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
at the corner of Rte 219 and Chemin du
Petit-Bernier. (45.303N/73.312W) It is now surrounded by
St-Jean.
Mènard Post Office
The Mènard Post Office operated from 1903 until
1913.
Menoche's Corner
A corner located 1.2mi (2km) NNE of Sherrington, at the
junction of Rtes 219 and 221. (45.184N/73.513W)
Mercier
The modern name (after 1968) for the town of
Ste-Philomène, located on Rte 138, 3.5mi
(5.6km) south of Châteauguay. (45.31N/73.74W) It was
possibly named for Honoré Mercier, Premier of Quebec
1887-91.
Mercier Bridge (Lasalle/Kahnawake)
The major highway bridge (Rte 138) crossing the
St-Lawrence River between Kahnawake and Lasalle to the Island of
Montréal. (45.417N/73.655W) Named after Honoré
Mercier, an old premier of Quebec.
Mercier Bridge (Ste-Martine)
The bridge across the Châteauguay River on the Beauce
Road (Rte 205), 2.1mi (3.4km) north of Ste-Martine.
(45.281N/73.802W)
Merlin Corners
An older name for the corner of the Back Bush Road and the
old Rte 219 cutoff section, now known as the School
Road. It is located 3.8mi (6.1km) north of Hemmingford.
(45.100N/73.581W) The name is sometimes mis-spelt Marlin but was
most likely named after the Merlins who owned the farm on the
south side of the corner.
Merlin-Kyle Cemetery
An old cemetery, located in Hemmingford Township, on private
property, back off the north side of Fisher Road, about 0.4mi
(0.6km) NNE of the junction with the Shield Road.
(45.095N/73.543W)
Military Turnpike
A road (NYS RT 190) that runs from Plattsburgh (NY), around
the northeast side of Rand Hill to Ellenburg (NY), where it joins
US RT 11. It was probably the supply path, first cut by General
Hampton's Army when they were preparing to invade Canada in
1813.
Miller Cemetery (Godmanchester)
A private cemetery located on the Leahy Road (Chemin Leahy),
0.3mi (0.5km) east of the Cazaville Sideroad. (45.070N/74.344W)
Named after Moses Miller and located on lot 47, Third Range
(St-Anicet) owned by Samuel Clark, his son-in-law.
Mill Road (Rue Mill) (Howick)
The current Mill Road in Howick is the street in Howick
running from Rte 138 at Georgetown to the junction
of Lampton and Colville Streets. It may? have included Lambton
Street at one time. It was probably named after George's Mill,
the first mill in the area built by the Seignior in the early
1800s. Not to be confused with Mill Street that was the old name
(c1896) of the present Bridge Street.
Mill Street (Howick)
On an old (c1896) village street map, Mill (Street) was the
indicated name of what is now known as Bridge Street, because the
grist and saw mills were located on that street, next to the
river.
Milwaukee Concession
The second concession north of the Black River, west of
St-Chrysostome, along what is now called Rang St-Antoine or Rang
des Chaleux?. (45.109N/73.804W) Supposedly named after a popular
early variety of wheat.
mission
An ecclesiastical region. In the Catholic Church, it was the
precursor to the creation of a parish. In protestant
denominations, it means about the same as a "circuit", an area
served by one itinerant preacher.
Mission de St-Malachie
The name of the first Roman Catholic Church in the upper
Châteauguay Valley built near Dewittville and dedicated in
1840. Also the name of the region for ecclesiastical purposes
prior to the creation of the official Parish of
St-Malachie-d'Ormstown.
Mission de St-Malachie Cemetery
(Dewittville)
The old St-Malachie-d'Ormstown Catholic Cemetery, the first
Catholic cemetery in the area, dating from 1827 and located on
the Finn farm, 1.2mi (2km) ENE of Dewittville. (45.122N/74.058W)
It is now ploughed over and the only evidence of its existance is
a memorial plaque next to the road along the river.
Mission du Sault St-Louis
The original name for the area now occupied by the Kahnwake
Indian Reserve. It was a Jesuit Mission to the Mohawks granted by
the King of France in 1680 and was equivalent to a
Seigniory.
Mitchell Brook
A tributary of the Rivière Outarde East Branch. Its
source is in the US and it crosses the border, 0.2mi (0.3km) west
of Franklin Centre Customs. (45.499N/73.943W) It meanders west
and north past Rockburn to its mouth, 0.7mi (1.1km) east of
Anderson's Corners at the corner of the Rockburn Sideroad and
Rang 3 (Ormstown). (45.073N/74.034W) Named after Jacob Mitchell,
an early settler.
Montana (Franklin)
A mis-spelling of Maritana.
Montée <xxxx>
French for sideroad or byroad. See: <xxxx>
Sideroad.
Montée Gervais (St-Urbain)
A road in the Municipality of St-Urbain-Premier, running NE
from Chemin Double (St-Urbain) to the Chemin Grande-Ligne.
(45.207N/73.707W) It used to be called Montée Grande-Ligne
(c1850).
Montée Giroux (Hemmingford)
A road running north from Rte 202 at Corbin's
Corners, 5mi (8km) west of Hemmingford, to the Cowan Road.
(45.057N/73.686W) It was named after Albert Giroux, a local
resident.
Montée Leblanc (Godmanchester)
A name for White's Sideroad showing on some modern road maps
and even the MRC map. It may? be an erroneous translation of
white. An error because the road was probably named after John
White and/or David White, owners of farms along which it ran, not
the color white. On the other hand, there are some reports that
the present owner of these farms is a M. Leblanc.
Montée Poupart
A road running north from the Hurley Road, just east of the
junction with Montée Giroux, to the Back Bush Road.
(45.079N/73.683W) Some maps show it as including the north/south
section of road between Chemin St-Joseph (St-Chrysostome) and the
Back Bush Road (Hemmingford). Named after a family that lived on
the road. It was previously called Rang de Guenille and the
Baskin Road.
Montgomery Sideroad (Hinchinbrooke)
Another name for the now disappeared Golden Sideroad, running
from the First Concession Road (Hinchinbrooke) south to the US
border.
Montreal and Champlain Junction Railway
(Division)
The name of a railway company formed in 1870. It became a
division or subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1872. It
built the railway line into the Châteauguay Valley in the
early 1880s. It was merged into the Grand Trunk Railway in
1895.
Montreal and Champlain Railroad
The name of the Champlain and St-Lawrence Railroad on an
Eastern Townships Map from 1867.
Montreal and New York Railway
A railway line from Caughnawaga (Kahnawake) through
Hemmingford to the US border where it joined with the Plattsburgh
and Montreal Railway, running north from Plattsburgh (NY) through
Mooers Junction. It was first named the Lake St-Louis and
Province Line Railway but had changed names before construction
was finished in 1852. It was later acquired by the Montreal and
Champlain Junction Railway and later still became part of the
Grand Trunk Railway (Caughnawaga Division). The rail line was
officially known as the Province Line Branch of the Montreal and
New York Railway.
Montreal and Plattsburgh Railway
A subsequant name adopted in 1856 for the Plattsburgh and
Montreal Railway from Plattsburgh (NY) to the Canadian border
north of Mooers (NY).
Montreal Road (Chateaugay NY)
An old local name for the Earlville Road, NE of Chateaugay
(NY).
Mont St-Nicholas Post Office
The Mont St-Nicholas Post Office operated from 1877 until
1889 when it changed its name to Girard Post Office. It was
located south of St-Blaise in St-Jean County, at the St-Nicholas
Station (later Girard Station) on the Grand Trunk Rail line.
Mooer Brook
A tributary of the English River with its source in Havelock
Township at the US border, just west of the township boundry with
Hemmingford Township (45.003N/73.716W) and it's mouth at the
Cowan Road, 0.9mi (1.4km) west of Montée Giroux.
(45.072N/73.704W)
Moore Road (Hemmingford)
A road running from the east end of Hurley Road to Rte
219, 2.6mi (4.1km) north of Hemmingford Village.
(45.083N/73.595W)
Mooers Forks (NY)
A hamlet located on US Rt11, 2.6mi (4.2km) west of Mooers
(NY). (44.958N/73.641W) It was also called Centerville.
Mooers Junction
The junction of the Montreal and Plattsburgh Railroad and the
Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad. It was located on the
north side of Mooers (NY). (44.967N/73.586W)
Mooers Port of Entry
The US Customs port at the Hemmingford border crossing. It is
located on NYS Rt 22. (45.004N/73.604W)
Mooers Station (NY)
Another name for Mooers Junction.
Mooers (NY), Town of
The rural municipality or township of the area from the
Village of Mooers to west of Cannon Corners. It was created in
1804 and is named after Gen. Benjamin Mooers, a militia commander
in the battle of Plattsburg, 1814.
Mooers (NY), Village of
A town in Clinton County, northeastern New York State,
located on US RT11, 6mi (9.6km) south of Hemmingford.
(44.961N/73.586W)
Mooretown (Mooerstown)
An old name for Mooers (NY).
Moquin's Bay
A bay on the south shore of Lake St-Francis, 2.2mi (3.6km)NW
of Cazaville. (45.103N/74.411W) Now called Baie de Perron.
Morrison Bridge (Elgin)
A bridge across the Trout River at the Morrison Sideroad.
(45.044N/74.271W)
Morrison's Ford
Same location as Morrison's Rapids in the Châteauguay
River where the river was shallow and easily crossed (forded) at
the rapids.
Morrison's Rapids
A rapids in the Châteauguay River, 1.6mi (2.5km) NW of
Allan's Corners. (45.178N/73.907W) Same place as Morrison's
Ford.
Morrison Sideroad (Elgin)
A road running from the west end of the Third Concession Road
(Elgin), north to the Trout River. (45.039N/74.269W)
Moulinette
A place mentioned in Sellar. The only Moulinette that I can
find is an island in the St-Lawrence, west of Cornwall,ON.
MRC
Municipalité Régionale du Comté -
Regional Municipal County. A new series of large administrative
"counties" created by the Quebec Government in 1979 to replace
the old counties such as Huntingdon and Châteauguay
Counties.
MRC de Beauharnois-Salaberry
The MRC that replaces the old Beauharnois County and parts of
Châteauguay County. It includes Beauharnois, Valleyfield,
Ste-Martine, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, St-Timothèe, St-Urbain,
etc.
MRC de Haut-Richelieu
The MRC on both sides of the south end of the Richelieu River
that includes the old county of St-Jean (St-Johns), Iberville and
part of Missisquoi county.
MRC de Haut-St-Laurent
The MRC that now comprises most of the Upper
Châteauguay Valley including most of the old Huntingdon
County (except Hemmingford Township) and the western part of
Châteauguay County.
MRC Les Jardins-de-Napierville
The MRC that includes the old county of Napierville, and
parts of the old Counties of St-Jean (Lacolle) and Huntingdon
(Hemmingford Township).
MRC de Roussillon
The MRC that comprises the northern part of the old
Châteauguay County, including the towns of
Châteauguay and Mercier.
Mud Creek
The name was applied by the locals to two different creeks.
First and most common was the old name for Oak Creek in Elgin
Township. Secondly, a local name for Beaver Creek in southwest
corner of Godmanchester.
Muir Forest (Foret Muir)
An ecological reserve of old growth forest on the Boyd
Settlement road, on the south side of the Châteauguay
River, half way between Dewittville and Huntingdon.
(45.087N/74.112W) Named after the family of the original
owner.
Muir and McNaughton Settlement
An area in the middle of the Boyd Settlement, between the
Châteauguay and Outarde Rivers in Hinchinbrooke Township.
(45.09N/74.12W) Named after two families that were early
prominent settlers.
Munro's Hill
A hillside or high ground in the immediate vicinity of
Athelstan Village, mentioned in early documents?.
Munro Settlement
An early settlement, roughly on the north side of Athelstan
Village. (45.039N/74.173W)
Murphy's Corners (St-Anicet)
Another name for Coffey's Corners.
Murray('s) Bridge (Elgin)
The location of this bridge is vague in the available
documents.