CHURCH AND CEMETERY, VINTON

Author:
Ray and Diana Baillie (Reprinted with permission from Imprints: Discovering the Face of English Quebec, 2001)

Image retirée.Driving through the forests and farmland of Pontiac County, one comes upon a large church surrounded by a few houses. Catholic churches in Quebec towns dominate the landscape, but this one is different.The headstones in the adjoining cemetery bear inscriptions such as Doyle, McGuire, Quinn, -- almost all Irish. In the 1890s, this sleepy hamlet was a thriving Irish village with hotels, schools, a sawmill, and a cheese factory.