1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
"Coaticook" comes from the Abenaquis word koatikeku, "river of the land of the pine." Dubbed "the pearl of the Eastern Townships," Coaticook has become the commercial, industrial, and recreational hub of a prosperous agricultural region.
Also nearby are the imposing edifices of Old Coaticook, part of the network protected by the VVAPQ ("Villes et villages d'art et de patrimoine du Québec"), an organisation devoted to preserving Quebec's grand nineteenth-century houses.
The hanging bridge spanning the Coaticook Gorge is one of the most spectacular phenomena in southern Quebec: suspended at a height of 50 m, it measures 169 m in length and is featured in the Guinness Book of Records.
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