Alleyn-et-Cawood, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canadai

Regional Level Types
Alleyn-et-Cawood	Municipality
Pontiac RCM	Regional County Municipality
Outaouais	Administrative Region
Québec	Province
Canada	Country

Alleyn-et-Cawood is a municipality in the Outaouais region, northwest of Gatineau, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its main population centre is Danford Lake, located along Route 301.

The highest point in the municipality is Mont O'Brien, with an altitude of about 180 metres (ca. 591 ft).

The municipality is named after the 2 geographic townships that it covers. The Township of Cawood was established in 1861, and named after Cawood in England (first used on a map by Gale and Duberger in 1795 and misspelled as Cadwood for a while). The Township of Alleyn, established in 1864, was named in honour of Charles Joseph Alleyn, a lawyer and politician of Quebec.

The United Township Municipality of Cawood-et-Alleyn was formed in 1876 when it split off from the United Township Municipality of Thorne-Cawood-et-Alleyn (which became the Municipality of Thorne). In 2004, the united township municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood became the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood.

In 1855, the area's first settler was Patrick Danford, after whom the lake and community are named. He was followed by loggers and other settlers, notably William Heeney and his family, in 1861. His descendants contributed much to the growth and development of the community. In 1868, the post office opened in Danford Lake, and in 1902, its first general store.

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleyn-et-Cawood
Wikidata ID:	Q2837959
GeoNames ID:	5883981

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