Barrington, Quebec

Barrington
Hamlet
Barrington Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°6′39.599″N73°34′22.799″W / 45.11099972°N 73.57299972°W / 45.11099972; -73.57299972 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
RCM	Les Jardins-de-Napierville
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Government [2] [3]
• Mayor	Paul Viau
•  Federal riding	Beauharnois—Salaberry
•  Prov. riding	Huntingdon
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0L 1H0
Area codes	450 and 579
Highways	R-219
Website	www.hemmingford.ca

Barrington is a hamlet in the Township of Hemmingford, located at the junction of Rte 219 and Fisher Road. It was previously called Johnson's Corners. Barrington was Mr. Johnson's middle name. ^[4]

The Barrington Post Office operated from a store at Barrington from 1861 until 1969. It was previously called Johnson's Corners Post Office.

A railway station used to be located about 1 km (0.6 mi)(45.121N/73.573W) north of Barrington at the junction of the Canada Atlantic Railway line to Cantic and the Grand Trunk Railway line to Hemmingford (both now abandoned). ^[4] On current Google Maps the same spot is called 'The Crutch' - meaning unknown. Barrington Station was also known as Johnson's Station. A recreation of the station with original sign is located at Canadian Railway Museum in Delson, Quebec. ^[5]

v t e Canada Atlantic - Ottawa to Vermont
Legend
Ottawa Union Station 263.8* Eastman's Springs 275.2 Vars 281.4 Rockland Clarence Creek Hammond (CP) Cheney South Indian 286.3 Casselman 294.1 Moose Creek 301.9 Maxville 307.8 Greenfield 312.5 Alexandria 319.2 Hawkesbury Vankleek Hill Dalkeith Glen Sandfield Glen Robertson 326.6 Ontario / Quebec Ste-Justine 331.2 St Polycarpe Junction (CP) 336.0 St-Polycarpe 338.3 Coteau Junction (GTR) 342.2 M&OJ / C&PL Saint Lawrence River Valleyfield 347.6 Cecile Junction (NYC) 350.1 St-Louis-de-Gonzague 356.2 Howick Junction (GTR) 362.1 Aubrey 367.4 Johnsons/Barrington (GTR) 377.6 Henrysburg 384.0 Lacolle Junction (GTR/NJR) 388.9 Noyan Junction 391.1 Quebec / Vermont C&PL / V&PL Alburgh Springs 397.3 Swanton 405.2
(* - miles from Depot Harbour)

See also

• Township of Hemmingford
• Village of Hemmingford

References

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 28436". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Hemmingford (township)". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
3. Riding history for Beauharnois—Salaberry, Quebec from the Library of Parliament
4. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qchuntin/location/b.htm ^{[ user-generated source ]}
5. "Search results". www.google.com.^{[ better source needed ]}