for Living History St. James', St. Mary's, Wyman Memorial United and St. Thomas Aquinas churches Chateau du Lac (bar in a historic building, closed 2020) The Hudson Music Fest Notable annual events in Hudson include the Hudson Street Fair, the Hudson Yacht Club Labour Day Regatta, the FruitBowl Regatta (North America's most well-attended youth sailing event), Canada Day festivities, Shiver Fest (a winter carnival), the Turn on the Lights Festival, the Hudson & Region Studio Tour, the Home & Gardens Tour, the Hudson Festival of Canadian Film, the Santa Claus Parade and (as of 2010) the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Hudson Yacht Club The Hudson Yacht Club (HYC) is a boating and social club founded in 1909 on the shores of Lake of Two Mountains (Lac des Deux Montagnes). The club annually hosts the "FruitBowl" regatta for young sailors and the Labour Day Regatta for its general membership and visitors. The HYC has published two retrospectives: Hudson Yacht Club: Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Year in 1984 and Our Spirit Lives On: A Celebration of Hudson Yacht Club's First 100 Years, 1909-2009 in 2009. Government Municipal council The Quebec Cities and Towns Act requires all towns the size of Hudson to have a municipal council of six councillors and one mayor, elected by the local population every four years. The mayor is elected by all Hudson residents, while the town is divided into six wards to elect the councillors. Given the small size of the town, council seats are often won by acclamation. Council meets once per month in the Stephen Shaar Community Centre, named after the mayor who served until 2004 (and presided over its construction). Municipal administrators work in the Town Hall. Town council is responsible for things such as water supply, local road maintenance, zoning, construction permits, and administration of parks. Some responsibilities, such as regional planning, is shared with the county. Council receives its revenues through property taxes, which it establishes. The town maintains its own volunteer fire department and a local patrol to enforce municipal by-laws. Former mayors List of former mayors: George N. Armstrong (1969–1973) Job Taylor Bradbury (1973–1989) Gilbert Michael Elliott (1989–1993, 2009–2013) Stephen F. Shaar (1993–2004) Elizabeth Corker (2004–2009) Diane Paciente (interim mayor 2013) Ed Prévost (2013–2017) Jamie Nicholls (2017–2021) Chloe Hutchison (2021–present) Infrastructure Transportation A single street, Main Road, traverses Hudson east to west, while the southern border of the town mainly runs along