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1.
b) The Outlet.

2.
e) Fitch Bay is a village, but not a municipality.

3.
e) All of the above.

4.
b) A covered bridge.

5.
c) O Canada. The English version of Canada's national anthem was composed in Cedarville by Judge Robert Stanley Weir.

6.
b) Memphremagog House.

7.
b) An outdoor Masonic Lodge meeting. Each summer Masons hold a special convocation atop Mount Owl's Head.

8.
b) Lighthouses.

9.
a) The Magog River (hint: see question #1)

10.
b) Orford.

1. Which town in the Eastern Townships takes its name from a Roman Catholic pope?
a) Bishopton
b) Piopolis
c) Saint-Romain

2. The name "Nigger Rock," derogatory in nature, but very old, refers to what?
a) A point on Lake Champlain said to have been a landing site for runaway slaves from the American South.
b) The auction block in Sherbrooke where slaves were sold before the abolition of slavery in the British colonies in 1831.
c) An old slave burial ground near Saint-Armand.

1. b) Piopolis, on the western shore of Lake Megantic. A number of Papal Zouaves were among the first settlers in this area. The Zouaves were Catholic soldiers recruited to defend Rome and Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) against the armies of Garibaldi.
2. c) An old slave burial ground near Saint-Armand, the site of a once sizeable black community. The name "Nigger Rock" is officially recognized by the Quebec Toponymy Commission.
3. c) Frelighsburg. The term "Slab City" is said to have come from the large quantities of "slabs" of wood found in the village.