--March 20, 2019.
1. What mineral, discovered 20 kilometres from the Gaspésie littoral in 1909 led to the founding of Murdochville, one of Quebec’s youngest municipalities?
a. Bronze
b. Copper
c. Nickel
d. Gold
2. In what river were traces of this mineral fist discovered by Alfred Miller?
a. York river
b. Dartmouth River
c. Saint-Jean River
d. All of the above
e. Both a and c
--March 21, 2019.
1. B. Copper
2. A. York River
3. A. The first president of the Noranda Mining Company. The former miners’ camp was named after him and was known simply as Murdoch.
4. B. 1,000. 300 houses were built to accommodate these miners between 1952 and 1953.
5. D. The charter required the mayor and all municipal councillors of Murdochville to be able to speak English.
--November 9, 2017.
1) b
2) a
3) c
4) c
5) b
6) c
7) d
8) c
9) a
10) a
--November 9, 2017.
1) The Magog River powered several large factories in Sherbrooke. What was this one called?
a) Kayser Silk
b) The Paton Mill
c) Dominion Textile
d) None of the above
--November 9, 2017.
1) d
2) d
3) b
4) a
5) b
6) a (after Josiah Sawyer)
7) c
8) a
9) d (and the river was the Coaticook River)
10) c (after Gilbert Hyatt)
--November 9, 2017.
1) This village, located in Orford Township and home to a sawmill, was the scene of a fair amount of logging activity in the late 1800s? What was it called?
a) Saint-Élie-d'Orford
b) Deauville
c) Rock Forest
d) Cherry River
Raoul Pagé bought the blacksmith shop in Morin Heights in 1934.
The establishment was located in the rear of the still-standing house, and Raoul Pagé operated it for several decades.
The Story of Sherbrooke's Ingersoll - Rand, commonly just called the Rand, is not only the history of a prolific industry, but a glimpse into the lives of the thousands of men and women who worked there. In Sherbrooke, almost everyone knows someone who worked in the sprawling west-end shops of the Rand.
