Townships Heritage WebMagazine

Vestiges of our past disappear all the time. Or they are altered beyond recognition. Countless historic landmarks have vanished from the Eastern Townships over the years. Particularly susceptible is our architectural heritage.

Genealogy, or the study of one's family lineage, is a hugely popular pastime in North America.

In the Eastern Townships, numerous local and regional institutions provide service to people researching their family trees.

Way’s Mills may be a remarkably healthy locality but as years go by, the early settlers of Way’s Mills are advancing in age, and by 1875 some of our founders have passed away. For example, Jacob Clifford, Daniel Way’s contemporary, has died in 1871. Death sometimes claims the young as well.

The Eastern Townships : On Lake and River, by Matthew Farfan, is still available.

Reginald Fessenden, premier homme de l'histoire à diffuser sans fil des émissions de voix et de musique, inventeur de la sonde à ultrasons et de plus de 500 autres inventions, a fait l'objet d'un livre : Radio's First Voice.

Il n'y a pas si longtemps, les autorités médicales déclaraient qu'un enfant naturel ou handicapé faisait face à un avenir peu prometteur, celui de la folie qui le frapperait tôt ou tard.

Taproot IV: Poetry, Prose, and Images from the Eastern Townships, the latest edition of a series of anthologies published by Townshippers’ Association, has just been released.

"From Ottawa or Washington this international community is something that can not possibly exist officially. But it does still exist at the community and personal level. Our fire departments […] stand ready at all times to assist one another. Our churches and service clubs see no border when someone is in need.

“My father bought that gatherin’ tub in 1919, the year he started sugarin’. It was made by a fella name of Odd Aldridge over here in Moe’s River. He was a cooper – made washtubs, barrels, buckets… I tell ya I wouldn’t mind havin’ all the nickels and pennies worth of sap that’s gone through that tub.”

Derek Booth has just released his latest contribution to Quebec’s railway and transportation history. Quebec Central Railway – From the St. Francis to the Chaudière is published by Railfare Books, and is the third volume in Booth’s series “Railways of Southern Quebec.”