Histoire Locale

The St. Francis College (1854-1898) played a prominent role on the education scene in Quebec.

--September 3, 2015.

In Morin Heights on Sunday, July 31st, Bishop Barry Clarke of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal led the celebration of Trinity Church’s 150th anniversary. He also presided at the dedication of a new sandstone wall on one street side of the cemetery. This quite lengthy and substantial wall was built by funds donated by families and friends of Trinity, who raised over $20,000 for its construction. A large walnut plaque, to be mounted inside the church, was also presented with the names of those people to whom the wall is dedicated.

When the railway first pushed northward into the Laurentians in the late nineteenth century, its initial purpose was to take out raw materials like lumber, building stone and minerals for the growing industries of Montreal.

The Sun Life building in downtown Montreal is, without a doubt, one of this city's premier architectural landmarks. Three quarters of a century after its completion, this great, layered skyscraper still impresses passers-by -- by its sheer massiveness, its solidity, and its beauty.

The line of cruise boats known as "the Alouette" has been catering to summer visitors to Lac des Sables in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts for over sixty years.

Les autoneiges (taxis et autobus scolaire) qui circulaient dans les rues du village et aux alentours de Morin-Heights dans les années 1940 et 1950 "étaient les véhicules les plus bizarres," de dire Sandra Stock.

Fondée à Charleston (le village de Hatley) en 1835, par un groupe d'hommes d'affaires Sherbrookois, incluant Samuel Brooks, C. F. H. Goodhue, Otis King, et autres, la Stanstead and Sherbrooke Fire Insurance Company opérera pendant plus d’un siècle et demi, et est l’une des compagnies qui restera le plus longtemps en activité dans les Cantons-de-l’Est.

The Young Men's Christian Association, or YMCA, was founded in London, England, in 1844, to provide assistance to young workers during the Industrial Revolution. Seven years later, in 1851, the very first branch of the "Y" was established in North America -- in Montreal.