Milan, Quebec
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Milan is a very small village of 300 people in Le Granit Regional County Municipality
in the Estrie
region in Quebec, Canada.
The community was established 1877 by Scottish
immigrants from Lewis
, and originally known as Marsden. Due to confusion with the township of Marston, the community's name was changed to Milan some years later.
Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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in the Estrie
Estrie
The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."...
region in Quebec, Canada.
The community was established 1877 by Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
immigrants from Lewis
Lewis
Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is ....
, and originally known as Marsden. Due to confusion with the township of Marston, the community's name was changed to Milan some years later.