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<p>The line was eventually extended further east to <a href="page.php?w=Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup">Rivière-du-Loup</a> and a connection with the <a href="page.php?w=Intercolonial_Railway">Intercolonial Railway</a>, which operated trains on the GTR through Richmond to Montreal until 1897.</p>

<p>The town itself was first called Richmond in 1820, when a post office was inaugurated. By the 1860s Richmond was an important centre, with a college, literary institute and a public <a href="page.php?w=library">library</a>.</p>

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