Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Moulin Freligh · Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Frelighsburg has 2.2 times what the typical town has (18%). Inside the town there are 2 historic places, all of them top designations. Its oldest building on the record is Moulin Freligh, from 1839.
First come Moulin Freligh and Battle of Eccles Hill. Each of Frelighsburg’s two designated places has a photo.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
A single old picture: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
c. 1870Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
September 28, 1985 is the date of Frelighsburg’s municipality in Wikidata, and like many such dates it may record a charter, not the first homes. In 1985 the municipality took over from Frelighsburg and Frelighsburg.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
The oldest, Moulin Freligh, dates from 1839; the newest from 1870. Here that means a National Historic Site and a place classified by Québec. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Grange Alexander-Solomon-Walbridge, 20 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation. All told, 4 places are within 25 km. By designation: 2 municipal citations and 2 places classified by Québec.
| Résidence George-Knight-NesbittMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1881 · 18 km away, in Cowansville |
| Grange Alexander-Solomon-WalbridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1882 · 20 km away, in Bedford |
| Noyau institutionnel de Saint-Pierre-de-VéronneCited heritage site (Québec) · 24 km away, in Venise-en-Québec |
| Des Rivières BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1884 · 24 km away, in Saint-Alexandre |
Over half of the homes in Frelighsburg were already standing by 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Frelighsburg 24% of its homes, near the usual 27%. In Frelighsburg, 19% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Edmund Leavens Chandler is the most written about, in 3 languages. The most recent birth is Elijah Edmund Spencer’s, in 1846. In 1829 came the earliest, Edmund Leavens Chandler. Of them all, Judson LaMoure lived longest: 79 years, until 1918.
Everyone born in Frelighsburg → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frelighsburg | 1,168 | 2 | 2 | 1839 |
| Dunham | 3,632 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sutton | 4,775 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bedford | 2,845 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cowansville | 17,269 | 1 | 0 | 1881 |
Of the homes standing in Frelighsburg, 39% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Its history in lives: Edmund Leavens Chandler (1829), Elijah Edmund Spencer (1846) and Judson LaMoure (1839). For the rest, the list grew between 1923 and 1973.
39% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
They are Battle of Eccles Hill and Moulin Freligh.
Moulin Freligh, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1839.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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