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By 1917, the reputation and actions of Lieutenant-Colonel Draper have crossed the Atlantic. When elections are announced in 1917, Draper is offered the Unionist candidature in Brome County. He accepts,yet stays at the front.

At the time of the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Canada was propelled onto the international stage. The Sutton region indubitably reflected the Canadian fervor for the war effort at that time.

1) c 2) d 3) b 4) d 5) a 6) a 7) c 8) a 9) d 10) d

--February 3, 2017. 1) Which Father of Confederation and Townships resident had once called for the annexation of Canada to the United States? a) Sir John A. Macdonald b) Sir George Lennox c) Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt d) All of the above 2) Who represented the County of Missisquoi from 1948 to 1973, and served as Premier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970? a) René Levesque b) Pierre Paradis c) Daniel Johnson Jr. d) Jean-Jacques Bertrand

--December 16, 2016. 1) c 2) b 3) a 4) a 5) c 6) b 7) b 8) d 9) c 10) b

--December 16, 2016. 1) Which village, now a part of Bromont, lost its Catholic Church to fire in 1916? a) Shefford b) West Shefford c) Adamsville d) Fulford

--December 5, 2016. REVIEW:A Genuine But Unrecognized Hero -- George Harold (Harry) Baker 1877-1916, by Serge Wagner, Patrimoine Bolton Heritage, 2016.

--November 18, 2016. 1) a 2) b 3) a 4) d 5) a 6) c 7) a 8) d 9) b 10) c

--November 18, 2016. 1) Flooding took place in early fall, 1924. What town do we see here? a) Sherbrooke b) Magog c) Drummondville d) Granby

--November 11, 2016. 1) c 2) d 3) b 4) a 5) b 6) b 7) c 8) c 9) b 10) a

--November 11, 2016. 1) This early postcard, c.1910, shows a scene overlooking what village on what lake? a) North Hatley, Lake Massawippi b) Lac-Mégantic, Lake Megantic c) Georgeville, Lake Memphremagog d) Ayer's Cliff, Lake Massawippi

--November 4, 2016. 1) d 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) b 6) c 7) c 8) a 9) a 10) b

--November 4, 2016. 1) This photograph, c.1905, shows Main Street in which village, formally known as "the Flat"? a) North Hatley b) Coaticook c) Richmond d) Ayer's Cliff

1) c. The former Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos is 2 km wide, 350 metres deep and about 6 square kilometres in area. 2) d. CANUSA Street, in Beebe, takes its name from the fact that houses on one side of the street are in Canada, while those on the other side are in the United States. 3) a. For years, Frelighsburg was named Slab City after the large quantities of "slabs" (slang for tree bark) found in the village that was once home to several sawmills.

--October 22, 2016. 1) Where is the largest open-pit asbestos mine in the Western Hemisphere located? a) Thetford Mines b) Graniteville c) Asbestos d) Marbleton 2) Where is there a street named CANUSA? a) Potton b) Abercorn c) Sutton d) Beebe 3) Which village was once known as Slab City? a) Frelighsburg b) Pike River c) Cherry River d) Bury 4) Which village was once called Sucker City? a) Fitch Bay b) Cherry River c) Pike River d) Lennoxville

1) b. The twelve-sided Walbridge Barn is unique in the world. 2) c. The Canada-U.S. border runs right through the Haskell Opera House. The stage is located on the Canadian side of the building, while most of the seats are in the U.S. The door to the opera house is in the United States, but Canadians don't need to go through customs! 3) d. Saint-Armand's Guthrie covered bridge is only 14.9 metres (45 feet), making it the province's smallest covered bridge. Built in 1845, it is also the oldest. 4) d. Eccles Hill, the site of the infamous Fenian Raid of 1870.

--October 21, 2016. 1) What architectural landmark is the little village of Mystic most famous for? a) The former convent of the Ursuline Nuns b) A unique twelve-side barn c) Quebec's tallest cell tower d) All of the above 2) Where in the Townships can you perform on a stage to an audience sitting in another country? a) The Abercorn Theatre in Abercorn b) The Orford Arts Centre in Highwater c) The Haskell Opera House in Stanstead d) Nowhere, that's just crazy

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!