{{About|the town in Quebec|the fresh water lake|Brome Lake}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Brome Lake | native_name = Lac-Brome | native_name_lang = English | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Brome Lake Town Hall.jpg | image_caption = Brome Lake Town Hall | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_blank_emblem = Town-of-Brome-Lake-official-crest.jpg | blank_emblem_size = 150px | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Lac-Brome Quebec location diagram.PNG | map_caption = Location within Brome-Missisquoi RCM. | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Quebec | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption = Location in southern Quebec. | coordinates = {{coord|45|13|N|72|31|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="toponymie"/> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Quebec | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Estrie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latribune.ca/actualites/la-haute-yamaska-et-brome-missisquoi-entrent-dans-le-giron-de-lestrie-bb1cdec812110055c85446c36ca1de75|title=La Haute-Yamaska et Brome-Missisquoi entrent dans le giron de l'Estrie|website=La Tribune|date=8 July 2021|access-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref> | subdivision_type3 = RCM | subdivision_name3 = Brome-Missisquoi | established_title = | established_date = | established_title1 = Constituted | established_date1 = January 2, 1971 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=876 |title=Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: BROME--MISSISQUOI (Quebec) |access-date=2009-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609211221/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E |archive-date=2009-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Lee Patterson<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lacbrome.ca/en/municipal-life/democratic-life/municipal-council |title=Municipal Council }}</ref> | leader_title1 = Federal riding | leader_name1 = Brome—Missisquoi | leader_title2 = Prov. riding | leader_name2 = Brome-Missisquoi | area_footnotes = <ref name="mamrot"/><ref name="cp2011-bl">[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=2446075&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchText=Brome%20Lake&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Lac-Brome, Quebec]</ref> | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 223.60 | area_land_km2 = 205.27 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011-bl"/> | population_total = 5609 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = 27.3 | population_blank1_title = Pop <small>2006-2011</small> | population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 0.4% | population_blank2_title = Dwellings | population_blank2 = 3473 | population_note = | timezone = EST | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = −4 | postal_code_type = Postal code(s) | postal_code = J0E | area_codes = 450 and 579 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|104}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|139}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|215}} <br> {{jct|state=QC|QC|243}} | website = {{URL|lacbrome.ca}} | footnotes = }} The '''Town of Brome Lake''' (officially '''Ville de Lac-Brome'''<ref name="mamrot"/>) is a town in southern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 5,609. Tourism is a major industry in the village of Knowlton because of skiing in the winter, lake activities in summer, and autumn leaf colour.
==History== [[File:Brome County Court House.jpg|thumb|left|The Old Court House and Registry Office of Brome County.]] The village was founded in 1802 by United Empire Loyalists from the New England states and New York. Originally known as Coldbrook for the stream that runs through the centre of the village, in 1855 the village had become the county seat of Brome County, Quebec. In 1971, seven villages on Brome Lake (Bondville, East Hill, Foster, Fulford, Knowlton, Iron Hill, and West Brome) were amalgamated to create the current town, which is now in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality of the Estrie administrative region.
==Geography== [[File:Lac Brome 2009.jpg|thumb|left|The eponymous Brome Lake.]] Metamorphic rock of Cambrian age—mostly schist and phyllite—underlies the area. Quaternary glaciation left deposits of stony loam till plus outwash sands and gravels. Brown podzolic and podzol soils are most common. Gleysols and peats occur in poorly drained areas.
The area's most significant soil is the Blandford series. This well-drained loam developed under deciduous forest. Settlers exploited this forest for wood, potash, and maple sugar. Cleared areas were found to be productive for crops and pasture. Much former farmland has reverted to forest and today provides a supply of hardwood lumber. {{clear left}}
== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title= <small>Historical Census Data - Lac-Brome, Quebec</small><ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census</ref> | percentages = | shading = off | align = none | cols = | 1991 |4824 | 1996 |5073 | 2001 |5444 | 2006 |5629 | 2011 |5609 | footnote = }}}}
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Brome had a population of {{val|5923|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|2828|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|3683|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:5923-5495}}|5495|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|5495|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|206.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|5923|206.9|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref> {{Canada census |location=Lac-Brome, Quebec |2021_population=5,923 | 2021_pop_delta=+7.8 | 2021_land_area=206.90 | 2021_pop_density=28.6 |2021_median_age=58 | 2021_median_age_m=58 | 2021_median_age_f=58.4 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=2,825 |2021_mean_hh_income= | 2021_access_date=2022-04-27 |2011_population=5,609 |2011_pop_delta=-0.4 |2011_land_area=205.27 |2011_pop_density=27.3 |2011_median_age=53.3 |2011_median_age_m=52.6 |2011_median_age_f=54.0 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=3,473 |2011_mean_hh_income=53,881 |2011_access_date=2014-03-13 |2006_population=5,629 | 2006_pop_delta=+3.4 | 2006_land_area=205.14 | 2006_pop_density=27.4 |2006_median_age=49.5 | 2006_median_age_m=49.0 | 2006_median_age_f=50.1 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=3,275 | 2006_mean_hh_income=49,548 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-13 |2001_population=5,444 | 2001_pop_delta=+7.3 | 2001_land_area=205.13 | 2001_pop_density=26.5 |2001_median_age=46.2 | 2001_median_age_m=44.8 | 2001_median_age_f=47.5 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=3,085 |2001_mean_hh_income=41,037 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-13 |notes= }}
{| class="wikitable" !colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-Brome, Quebec<ref name="scpast"/> |- ! Census | ! Total |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French & English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|Other}} |- ! Year | ! Responses | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % |- | {{center|2011}} | | {{center|5,450}} | | 2,640 | {{increase}} 6.5% | 48.44% | | 2,545 | {{decrease}} 1.2% | 46.70% | | 65 | {{decrease}} 53.6% | 1.19% | | 200 | {{decrease}} 18.4% | 3.67% |- | {{center|2006}} | | {{center|5,440}} | | 2,480 | {{increase}} 10.5% | 45.59% | | 2,575 | {{decrease}} 10.4% | 47.33% | | 140 | {{increase}} 180.0% | 2.57% | | 245 | {{increase}} 104.2% | 4.50% |- | {{center|2001}} | | {{center|5,290}} | | 2,245 | {{increase}} 30.9% | 42.44% | | 2,875 | {{decrease}} 3.4% | 54.35% | | 50 | {{decrease}} 50.0% | 0.94% | | 120 | {{decrease}} 31.4% | 2.27% |- | {{center|1996}} | | {{center|4,965}} | | 1,715 | n/a | 34.54% | | 2,975 | n/a | 59.92% | | 100 | n/a | 2.01% | | 175 | n/a | 3.52% |}
== Education == *École Saint-Édouard, (CSVDC) *Knowlton Academy (Eastern Townships School Board)
==Media== Brome Lake has one radio station serving its local area, the Knowlton-based CIDI-FM 99.1 MHz.
==In film== In 1968, Paramount Studios chose Knowlton as the location to film the children's movie ''My Side of the Mountain'', an adaptation of a book by Jean Craighead George.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-09-20 |title=Knowlton becomes site of Hollywood Movie, 'My Side of the Mountain' |pages=8, 10 |work=Granby Leader Mail |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yctTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xokDAAAAIBAJ&dq=my-side-of-the-mountain%20knowlton&pg=2062%2C2804223 |access-date=2023-05-26}}</ref> Many scenes from the village were used as well as a man-made pond at the corner of Chemin Paramount and Chemin Paige near Mount Glen.
In 1975, Knowlton was used as one of the sites for filming the Jodie Foster suspense film ''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pratley |first=Gerald |author-link=Gerald Pratley |title=A Century of Canadian Cinema: Gerald Pratley's Feature Film Guide, 1900 to the Present |publisher=Lynx Images |year=2003 |isbn=1894073215 |page=127}}</ref>
==Notable people== *Paul Holland Knowlton *Paul Martin *Louise Penny
==See also== *List of anglophone communities in Quebec *List of cities in Quebec
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="mamrot">{{mamrot |type=municipalite |46075}}</ref> <ref name="toponymie">{{toponymie |72629}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category|Lac-Brome}} *[https://lacbrome.ca/en Official municipal website]
{{Geographic location | title = '''Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions''' | Centre = Brome Lake | Northwest = Bromont | North = Shefford | Northeast = | West = Brigham<br>Cowansville | East = West Bolton | Southwest = Dunham | South = Brome<br>Sutton | Southeast = Potton }} {{Brome-Missisquoi RCM|state=expanded}}
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