Wentworth-Nord

Wentworth-Nord is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, located in the Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality (RCM) in the Laurentides administrative region. Its communities include Saint-Michel, Laurel, and Montfort.

From Lac à la Croix in the northeast of the municipality, the Rivière à Simon flows northeast. The Rivière de l'Ouest crosses the municipality from southeast to south.

Originally, the Township of Wentworth, formed in 1809, included both Wentworth and Wentworth-Nord, whose respective histories were closely intertwined until 1958, when Wentworth-Nord became a municipality in its own right.

The community of Laurel was formed with the arrival of the first families from Ireland between 1855 and 1860, hence the name New Ireland in memory of their homeland. The Laurel post office was opened in 1886. In 1856, the Wentworth Mission was established, and officially renamed St. Michael's in 1884. In 1860, McCluskey or McClosky Court was opened, probably named after pioneer James McClosky.

Beginning in 1899, several mines were commercially exploited: mica (from 1899 onward), chalk (from 1919 to 1923), marl, and graphite. Economic activity also included logging, agriculture, and potash production.

The former village of Montfort once housed the Our Lady of Montfort Agricultural Orphanage and the Montfort Brothers Novitiate (the latter until around 1940). These buildings, no longer meeting standards, were demolished in 1960.