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- Lakefield was a village, in the canton of Gore, in the historical county of Argenteuil.
- "LAKEFIELD, or THE GORE, a post village in Argenteuil co., Que., 10 miles from Lachute. It is among the Laurentian Mountains, and is named from the two splendid lakes which are in the close vicinity, and afford good sport for the angler. The "men of Gore" are a sturdy, loyal class, mostly descendants of and settlers from the north of Ireland. They are nearly all Orangemen, and are famous for the fine appearance they made when as part of the Argenteuil Rangers they hastened to the front to repel the Fenian invasion. The village comprises Episcopal and Methodist churches, 1 or 2 stores, schoolhouse, grist, saw, shingle and planing mills, etc. Pop. 80."
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