History Articles

--November 18, 2016.

1) Flooding took place in early fall, 1924. What town do we see here?
a) Sherbrooke
b) Magog
c) Drummondville
d) Granby

--November 11, 2016.

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

--November 11, 2016.

1) This early postcard, c.1910, shows a scene overlooking what village on what lake?
a) North Hatley, Lake Massawippi
b) Lac-Mégantic, Lake Megantic
c) Georgeville, Lake Memphremagog
d) Ayer's Cliff, Lake Massawippi

--November 4, 2016.

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

--November 4, 2016.

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

1) c. The former Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos is 2 km wide, 350 metres deep and about 6 square kilometres in area.
2) d. CANUSA Street, in Beebe, takes its name from the fact that houses on one side of the street are in Canada, while those on the other side are in the United States.
3) a. For years, Frelighsburg was named Slab City after the large quantities of "slabs" (slang for tree bark) found in the village that was once home to several sawmills.

--October 22, 2016.

1) Where is the largest open-pit asbestos mine in the Western Hemisphere located?
a) Thetford Mines
b) Graniteville
c) Asbestos
d) Marbleton

2) Where is there a street named CANUSA?
a) Potton
b) Abercorn
c) Sutton
d) Beebe

3) Which village was once known as Slab City?
a) Frelighsburg
b) Pike River
c) Cherry River
d) Bury

4) Which village was once called Sucker City?
a) Fitch Bay
b) Cherry River
c) Pike River
d) Lennoxville

--October 21, 2016.

1) What architectural landmark is the little village of Mystic most famous for?
a) The former convent of the Ursuline Nuns
b) A unique twelve-side barn
c) Quebec's tallest cell tower
d) All of the above

2) Where in the Townships can you perform on a stage to an audience sitting in another country?
a) The Abercorn Theatre in Abercorn
b) The Orford Arts Centre in Highwater
c) The Haskell Opera House in Stanstead
d) Nowhere, that's just crazy

1. a) Racine, named after Antoine Racine, the first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sherbrooke.
2. d) All of the above.
3. c) Magog Township was only created in 1849, from the eastern portion of Bolton and the western portion of Hatley townships.
4. c) Kingsey Falls.
5. b) Stanhope, which is located on the Quebec-Vermont border.
6. b) Sherbrooke. Charles Lennox, after whom both Lennoxville and Richmond are named, was the 4th Duke of Lennox, as well as the 4th Duke of Richmond!