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Did you know that maple syrup is the oldest agricultural product in Quebec? It all began with the native Indians who called it “Sweet Water.” When spring returned and the maple sap was running the Indians offered the boiled thickened syrup as a sacrifice to the Great Spirit. “Sugaring off” was largely a woman’s function in Iroquois communities. The men cut notches into tree trunks and small wooden troughs were stuck into the bark. In the early stages of European colonization the natives showed the arriving colonists how to tap the trunks of maple trees during the early spring.

On Thursday October 7, 1875, the readers of the Stanstead Journal read the following notice :

"DEATHS: Way -- At Way’s Mills, Q., Sept 22d, Daniel Way in the 83rd year of his age."

1) What is the former name of Magog?
a) Cherry River
b) The Outlet
c) Magog Mills

2) Which of the following is Magog’s oldest house?
a) The Bowen House
b) The Merry House
c) The Moore House

3) The outlet of Lake Memphremagog, located in Magog, is which of these rivers?
a) Cherry River
b) Magog River
c) Tomifobia River

4) Who was the first mayor of the village of Magog?
a) Alvin Moore
b) Erasmus Smith
c) L. A. Audet

1) b); 2) b) The Merry House, recently acquired by the city, was built in 1821; 3) b); 4) a); 5) b); 6) a); 7) c); 8) c); 9) b) This church was built as the Union Church in 1830; 10) a) The Park House was built by Horace Park in 1865, and destroyed by fire in 1905.

1) Which of the following is NOT a borough of the City of Sherbrooke?
a) Fleurimont
b) Waterville
c) Rock Forest

2) In which Sherbrooke borough may be found Uplands Heritage and Cultural Centre?
a) Vieux Sherbrooke
b) Lennoxville
c) Brompton

3) Which of the following was a former name of Sherbrooke?
a) Little Forks
b) Little Hyatt
c) Hyatt’s Mills

4) After whom is Sherbrooke named?
a) Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
b) Lord Dufferin of Sherbrooke
c) Lord Sherbrooke of Dufferin

1) b (originally Waterville was scheduled to be a part of Greater Sherbrooke, but plans were changed following protests from Waterville).

2) b.

3) c (Big Forks was another former name).

4) a.

5) a.

6) b (the Grand Trunk was based in Montreal and there was no such thing as the Sherbrooke Railroad and Telegraph Company).

7) c (there was no such railway).

8) b.

9) c.

10) b.

1) What is the former name of the town of Magog?
a) Magog Crossing
b) The Outlet
c) Cherry River
d) Merry's Corners
e) Saint-Patrice-de-Memphré

2) Which of the following municipalities does NOT border Lake Memphremagog?
a) Ogden
b) Bolton-Est
c) Austin
d) Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
e) Fitch Bay