Waterloo

Although he wasn’t the first to settle here, it was Hezehiah Robinson who first suggested the name Waterloo. He did so at the prompting of his father-in-law Judge Almus Knowlton, who wanted to honour the memory of General Wellington’s victory over Napoleon. Encircling Lac Waterloo and located mid-way between Montreal and Sherbrooke, Waterloo benefits from a strategically ideal location next to major highways in the Monteregie and Eastern Townships. This heritage town, once a turntable for the railway, has become a focal point for cycling trails: the Estriade, Campagnarde, Montagnarde and the Route verte (recognized by National Geographic as the most beautiful cycling trail in the world) intersect with each other as did the rail lines in the times of steam locomotives. In Waterloo, the past and future co-exist, contemporary and heritage art share the same exhibition spaces.