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An unusual farmer: Brigadier-General Dennis C. Draper, C.M.G., D.S.O. & bar (Part 2)
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.
An unusual farmer: Brigadier-General Dennis C. Draper, C.M.G., D.S.O. & bar (Part 1)
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.
You are Driving on Sacred Ground: Montreal's Irish Memorial Park
--March 20, 2017. Most people driving into Montreal have no idea that the road exiting off the Victoria Bridge runs over the burial place for 6,000 Irish immigrants. Even most Montrealers are unaware of the significance of the large black stone sitting in the median at that same exit.
Townships Trivia: Politics (Answers)
1) c 2) d 3) b 4) d 5) a 6) a 7) c 8) a 9) d 10) d
Townships Trivia: Politics
--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
Townships Photo Trivia: Name That Disaster! #2 (Answers)
--December 16, 2016. 1) c 2) b 3) a 4) a 5) c 6) b 7) b 8) d 9) c 10) b
Townships Photo Trivia: Name That Disaster! #2
--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
George Harold (Harry) Baker 1877-1916 Finally Recognized in New Publication
--December 5, 2016. REVIEW:A Genuine But Unrecognized Hero -- George Harold (Harry) Baker 1877-1916, by Serge Wagner, Patrimoine Bolton Heritage, 2016.
Laurentians Photo Quiz: Name That Village! #2 (Answers)
--November 23, 2016. 1) d (now Brownsburg-Chatham) 2) c (François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, sometimes called the "King of the North") 3) a 4) b 5) a 6) a 7) b 8) d 9) b 10) a
Outaouais Photo Quiz: Name That Village! (Answers)
--November 22, 2016. 1) b 2) a 3) b (after George Bryson) 4) c 5) a 6) b 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) d
Outaouais Photo Quiz: Name That Village!
--November 22, 2016. 1) This famous turn-of-the-century yacht club occupied a stretch of Ottawa River waterfront in what town? a) Hull b) Aylmer c) Shawville d) Quyon
Laurentians Photo Quiz: Name That Village! (Answers)
--November 22, 2016. 1) b 2) d 3) b 4) d 5) c 6) a 7) b 8) a 9) c 10) b
Laurentians Photo Quiz: Name That Village!
--November 22, 2016. 1) This early postcard shows the start of the canal in what Lower Laurentians village? a) Carillon b) Grenville c) St. Andrew's East d) Rideau
Townships Photo Trivia: Name That Disaster! (Answers)
--November 18, 2016. 1) a 2) b 3) a 4) d 5) a 6) c 7) a 8) d 9) b 10) c
Townships Photo Trivia: Name That Disaster!
--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
Townships Photo Trivia #2: Name That Town! (Answers)
--November 11, 2016. 1) c 2) d 3) b 4) a 5) b 6) b 7) c 8) c 9) b 10) a