Townships Trivia: More Place Names (Answers)

Author:
Matthew Farfan

1. a) Racine, named after Antoine Racine, the first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sherbrooke.
2. d) All of the above.
3. c) Magog Township was only created in 1849, from the eastern portion of Bolton and the western portion of Hatley townships.
4. c) Kingsey Falls.
5. b) Stanhope, which is located on the Quebec-Vermont border.
6. b) Sherbrooke. Charles Lennox, after whom both Lennoxville and Richmond are named, was the 4th Duke of Lennox, as well as the 4th Duke of Richmond!
7. c) George Copp, born in 1797. Georgeville's original name was Copp's Ferry, after Moses Copp, George's pioneer father.
8. c) Saint-Malo, home of Jacques-Cartier
9. a) Austin, on the shore of Lake Memphremagog.
10. b) Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, population: 43.