Weir, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Weir is an unincorporated village in the municipality of Montcalm
, Quebec
in the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality
. Weir is served by Quebec Route 364
. A satellite earth station
for VSNL International Canada
is located in Weir.
Weir is named after William Alexander Weir
(1858-1929), a Quebec politician and judge.
Montcalm, Quebec
Montcalm is a municipality in the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality of Quebec southeast of Mont-Tremblant. Montcalm includes the village of Weir.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 652...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
in the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality
Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Les Laurentides is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentides region. The seat is in Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré and it is named after the Laurentian Mountains...
. Weir is served by Quebec Route 364
Quebec Route 364
Route 364 is a Quebec provincial highway located in the Laurentides region. It runs from the junction of Autoroute 15 in the village of Saint-Sauveur, one of the major touristic villages in the Laurentides and ends in Amherst at the junction of Route 323. It overlaps Route 329 in Morin Heights and...
. A satellite earth station
Earth station
A ground station, earth station, or earth terminal is a terrestrial terminal station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft, and/or reception of radio waves from an astronomical radio source. Ground stations are located either on the surface of the Earth, or within Earth's...
for VSNL International Canada
VSNL International Canada
VSNL International Canada is an international telco carrier. The company is a subsidiary of Tata Communications, part of India's Tata Group. Part of their recent work has involved the updating of the CANTAT transatlantic cable system that connects the United Kingdom and Newfoundland under the...
is located in Weir.
Weir is named after William Alexander Weir
William Alexander Weir
William Alexander Weir was a Quebec lawyer, politician, and judge. He was the MLA for Argenteuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1897–1910, held several ministries, and helped rewrite several provincial Codes.-Early life:William Alexander Weir was born in Montreal on October 15, 1858,...
(1858-1929), a Quebec politician and judge.