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mountains. Its lakes and mountains make it a destination for summer tourism with its many camps and cottages. Rawdon is home to the Dorwin and Manchester falls, which lie less than a kilometre from downtown and offer a public beach on the artificial Rawdon Lake. In summer, temperatures can soar as
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The town of Rawdon named after Sir Rawdon Hastings was once a thriving english community but with quebec's nationalist laws it is a mostly French-speaking town now but also a tourist resort for both languages and many english cottagers still own land here and is home to one English public school and
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In summer, the population is said to double and even sometimes triple due to tourism and the presence of many cottages in the vicinity.
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high as 35 °C (95 °F) while temperatures as cold as −30 °C (−22 °F) can be felt in winter.
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 4532 (total dwellings: 5422)
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four French public schools as well as a medium-size ski resort.
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is a municipality located on the Ouareau River in southwestern
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The township was established in 1799 and named after Sir
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Rawdon, Québec
Municipality

Latin
Location within Matawinie RCM.
Rawdon is located in Central Quebec
46°03′N 73°43′W / 46.050°N 73.717°W / 46.050; -73.717
Canada
Province
Quebec
Region
Lanaudière
RCM
Matawinie
Raymond Rougeau
Federal riding
Joliette
Prov. riding
Bertrand
Time zone
UTC−5
EST
DST
UTC−4
EDT
Postal code(s)
J0K 1S0
Area code(s)
450 and 579
R-125

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