History Articles

--January 10, 2022.

Canadian Casino Heritage and Lingo
Canada’s casino and gambling industry has gone through a huge transformation over the years, turning into a multi-billion-dollar business. An industry that started with animal bone games thousands of years ago has transformed into lots of online casinos to choose from. As such, Canada is hailed as one of the countries where some of the earliest gambling games were conceived.

--July 31, 2019.

1) d
2) c
3) d
4) c
5) b
6) c
7) c
8) a
9) a
10) b

--July 31, 2019.

1) This photograph, c.1905, shows Main Street in which village, formally known as "the Flat"?
a) North Hatley
b) Coaticook
c) Richmond
d) Ayer's Cliff

--February 13, 2019.

1. b. Pearl ash from the hardwood forests. Beef and dairy products would later become the main agricultural goods produced in the area.

2. b. American squatters. The Abenakis had hunted the land long before but had not settled permanently. Before 1791, the land had not been parcelled out to British or French-Canadian settlers.

3. d. St. Francis River.

4. b. It would remain an empty buffer zone between the United States and Lower Canada.

5. c. Those who owned the land had no interest in settling it.

--February 12, 2019.

1. What was the very first form of agricultural produce that the early Townships colonists profited from?
a. Squash fields abandoned by members of the Abenaki nation
b. Pearl ash from the hardwood forests
c. Grains (flax, wheat, barley)
d. Beef and dairy products

2. Which group first permanently settled the Eastern Townships region?
a. Loyalists
b. American squatters
c. The Abenaki nation
d. Retired government officials

--September 6, 2018.

1) c
2) a
3) a
4) a
5) c
6) a
7) b
8) c
9) b
10) d

--September 6, 2018.

1) c
2) a
3) a
4) c
5) c
6) a
7) b
8) d
9) b
10) d

--September 6, 2018.

The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a huge railway boom across the Eastern Townships. It was driven by the need to access raw materials, a desire for quick transportation, the growth of industry, and a mania to build more and more branch lines. Literally dozens of railway companies competed for territory and markets.

--September 6, 2018.

The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a huge railway boom across the Eastern Townships. It was driven by the need to access raw materials, a desire for quick transportation, the growth of industry, and a mania to build more and more branch lines. Literally dozens of railway companies competed for territory and markets.

--January 19, 2018.

The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a huge railway boom across the Eastern Townships. It was driven by the need to access raw materials, a desire for quick transportation, the growth of industry, and a mania to build more and more branch lines. Literally dozens of railway companies competed for territory and markets.