While workers elsewhere were suffering the work shortages and poverty of the worst part of the Great Depression, the "Three Villages" in the early 1930s were enjoying full employment.
Hunter’s Mills is situated on a side-road about mid-way between Stanbridge East and Frelighsburg, along Route 237.
Built up around a small waterfall on the Pike (Brochets) River, Hunter's Mills takes its name from the Hunter family, who ran a woollen mill at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Route 247, between Beebe Plain and the Fitch Bay Narrows, is an undulating, winding stretch of road with some lovely unspoiled scenery, picturesque farms, and splendid views of Owl’s Head, across Lake Memphremagog. It’s a beautiful drive.
Although Massawippi is by no means a ghost town, the village is a long way from the vibrant little community it once was. Situated at the junction of Routes 208 and 143, about midway between Stanstead and Lennoxville, the village’s origins date back to the beginning of the 1800s.
A hamlet in Potton Township, Vale Perkins, or East Potton, as it was once known, was named after Samuel Perkins who settled in this vicinity in the 1790s.
Bâti en 1875, le Potton Springs Hotel et ses célèbres sources sulfureuses attireront des milliers de visiteurs en provenance de l’est de l’Amérique du Nord. Les curistes arrivaient par train – le Missisquoi and Black Rivers Valley Railway qui deviendra ensuite l’Orford Mountain Railway et, finalement, le Canadien Pacifique.
CONSERVATION DE LA VIANDE
On dit souvent que le Canada est le pays de l'érable. En effet, la feuille d'érable constitue notre emblème national. Dans tout le Canada, les Cantons-de-l'Est jouissent d'une situation géographique tout à fait adaptée à la production de sirop d'érable.
Le 19e siècle a vu la naissance de nombreuses associations agricoles partout dans les Cantons-de-l'Est.
On trayait les vaches matin et soir. Avant l'avènement de l'électricité et des trayeuses mécanisées, la tâche devait s'accomplir à la main. Ça prenait environ une heure à deux ou trois personnes pour traire vingt vaches.