History Articles

--February 3, 2017.

1) Which Father of Confederation and Townships resident had once called for the annexation of Canada to the United States?
a) Sir John A. Macdonald
b) Sir George Lennox
c) Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt
d) All of the above

2) Who represented the County of Missisquoi from 1948 to 1973, and served as Premier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970?
a) René Levesque
b) Pierre Paradis
c) Daniel Johnson Jr.
d) Jean-Jacques Bertrand

--December 16, 2016.

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

--December 16, 2016.

1) Which village, now a part of Bromont, lost its Catholic Church to fire in 1916?
a) Shefford
b) West Shefford
c) Adamsville
d) Fulford

--December 5, 2016.

REVIEW:
A Genuine But Unrecognized Hero -- George Harold (Harry) Baker 1877-1916, by Serge Wagner, Patrimoine Bolton Heritage, 2016.

--November 18, 2016.

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

--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