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QAHN IS 20 !

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QAHN Is 20 !

--June 9, 2020.

Founded back in 2000, QAHN celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020.

Never in our wildest dreams could we have predicted that a massive worldwide pandemic would turn our “QAHN 20” victory lap into a surreal “COVID 19” alternate reality. Which of course much of 2020 has turned out to be -- for all of us!

Tour virtuel #2 : Les Moulins ruraux des Cantons

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Tour virtuel #2 - Les Moulins ruraux des Cantons

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--le 15 avril 2020.

La plupart des plus anciens villages dans les Cantons-de-l'Est doivent leur établissement à la présence d'un moulin. Rappelons-nous, entre autres Sherbrooke (Hyatt's Mills), Cowansville (Ruiter's Mills) et Rock Island (Kilborn's Mills). D'autres hameaux tels que Denison's Mills, Way's Mills et Kinnear's Mills doivent même leur nom aux premiers propriétaires des moulins.

Glenn Patterson, project director of QAHN's project "A Different Tune: Musical Heritage in English-speaking Quebec," co-hosted

Ici (g à d): Rachel Hunting (Townshippers' Association); Marion Greenlay (The Townships Sun / RPAQ); Big Ears (mascotte de l'éd