Like most kids, when I was growing up, I enjoyed reading Peanuts, especially the adventures of Snoopy and the Red Baron, which were based on the German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen and his World War I exploits. It's funny how something from your childhood you had forgotten can suddenly come back to life.
La navigation de plaisance s'est avérée un passe-temps estival populaire depuis des générations. Les Victoriens et Edwardiens étaient particulièrement entichés de leurs bateaux. Skiffs, bateaux de plaisance, bateaux à vapeur et yachts de toutes dimensions affichaient les symboles estivaux de richesse et de statut.
Today, former railway beds in many parts of the Eastern Townships are being converted to a new use: cycling and walking trails. The rails to trails movement has created a whole new natural, tourist, and recreational attraction in the region.
There are twenty-one authentic covered bridges remaining in the Eastern Townships. To that total may be added two semi-authentic recreations of recent vintage. A century ago, there were hundreds of covered bridges all across the region. Most villages had at least one; some had several. They dotted the back roads as well, crossing brooks and rivers of all sizes.