History Articles

--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

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