{"id":3035,"date":"2022-02-22T10:52:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecollectifbolton-ouest.ca\/west-bolton\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:53:58","slug":"west-bolton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lecollectifbolton-ouest.ca\/en\/west-bolton\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bolton"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Bolton-Ouest is a small municipality located in the extreme east of the administrative region of Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie on the border with Estrie, with which it shares several characteristics of the land. It is part of the regional county municipality (MRC) of Brome-Missisquoi (BM) and has the city of Lac-Brome (MRC of BM) to the west, the township of Shefford (MRC of BM), to the northeast the municipality of Stukely-Sud (MRC de Memphr\u00e9magog (M)), to the east the municipalities of Saint-\u00c9tienne-de-Bolton and Bolton-Est and to the south, the municipality of the Canton of Potton (all three from the MRC de M). Link to map here Bolton-Ouest is a small municipality located in the extreme east of the administrative region of Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie on the border with Estrie, with which it shares several characteristics of the land. It is part of the regional county municipality (MRC) of Brome-Missisquoi (BM) and has the city of Lac-Brome (MRC of BM) to the west, the township of Shefford (MRC of BM), to the northeast the municipality of Stukely-Sud (MRC de Memphr\u00e9magog (M)), to the east the municipalities of Saint-\u00c9tienne-de-Bolton and Bolton-Est and to the south, the municipality of the Canton of Potton (all three from the MRC de M).<\/p>\n The MRC of Brome-Missisquoi at the heart of the Montreal \u2013 Sherbrooke \u2013 Burlington triangle (USA) Located in the Appalachian plateau, the topography of Bolton-Ouest is made up of mountain ranges that reach heights of more than 600 meters in the southeast. The highest peak is Mount Glen with about 650 meters. The municipality is almost entirely drained by the watershed of the Yamaska River, including the tributaries of the Quilliams, Cold, North-Branch, West Field and Hume streams. Only a small area to the southeast is drained by the Missisquoi Bay watershed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The more rugged part of Bolton-Ouest offers land less suitable for agriculture (thin soils on rock). For the rest, 54% of the soils of the territory are categorized in class 4 and 5 with an average potential for agricultural activities, 44.6% in class 7 with a low potential and 1.4% in organic soils (source: Inventory of Canada Lands (1998)). <\/p>\n Predominantly, the forest cover represents 82.1% of the territory of Bolton-Ouest. It is made up of 55% deciduous trees (hard woods), 32% mixed forests (mixed woods) and 6% softwoods (soft woods). The dominant species are red maple, white birch and balsam fir. 48% of the territory is made up of maple groves of 4 hectares or more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Link to the Bolton-Ouest road map pdf here
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An agricultural and forestry heritage<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t