Townships Heritage WebMagazine

Heritage groups put spotlight on local history across Quebec

"Belonging" project collaborators include (L to R): Missisquoi Museum (Heather Darch); Colby-Curtis Museum (Samuel Gaudreau-Lalande); QAHN (President Grant Myers); and Richmond County Museum (Norma Husk). Photo: M. Farfan.

The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) has partnered with nine community groups from around the province to preserve and share local historical knowledge, with special emphasis on Quebec’s English-speaking history.

Belonging and Identity in English-speaking Quebec, a QAHN project funded by Quebec's SRQEA, will support the development of museum and heritage-learning activities in several Quebec regions over the next six months.

1st annual VIRTUAL Eastern Townships Heritage Fair, October 25... Mark your calendars!

"Wampum Chronicles," with Darren Bonaparte (QAHN Presentation, Facebook Live, July 15, 2020)

Lettre ouverte du RPAQ : l'avenir du patrimoine québécois

--le 9 juin 2020.

SUJET : L’AVENIR DU PATRIMOINE QUÉBECOIS

Le Réseau du patrimoine anglophone du Québec (RPAQ), un réseau provincial d’organisations et d’individus œuvrant à la promotion du patrimoine des communautés anglophones de la province, accueille favorablement les conclusions et recommandations de la vérificatrice générale du Québec concernant la politique du patrimoine, telles que formulées dans son dernier rapport.

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!

New online QAHN exhibit: "Waterways of the St. Francis"

--May 20, 2020.

This new online exhibit by QAHN's Dwane Wilkin, "Waterways of the St. Francis," spotlights the heritage of this iconic river that has been so important a feature of life in Quebec's Eastern Townships.

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New Online Exhibit by QAHN: "Gifts of the Marsh: Naturalist Henry Mousley"

--May 12, 2020.

This new online exhibit by Dwane Wilkin of QAHN features some of the life's work of renowned naturalist Henry Mously.

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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.