Estrie, and the term Eastern Townships is now used in tourist literature. The name derives from there also being western townships in Ontario. Before European...
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the American Revolution. Townships were initially also a unit of local government, but that is no longer the case. Townships are now used solely for land...
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The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles was a cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1936...
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Eastern Townships School Board, also known as the Commission Scolaire Eastern Townships, is an anglophone school board covering the Eastern Townships...
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Eastern Township may refer to one of the following townships in the United States: Eastern Township, Franklin County, Illinois Eastern Township, Otter...
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Eastern Townships Bank was founded in 1859 by Colonel Benjamin Pomroy (1800–1875). It was the first financial institution in the south-east of Quebec...
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Matthew (2022). "Why "Eastern Townships"?". Township History WebMagazine. Estrie, Government of Quebec Tourism Eastern Townships Estrieplus.com (in French)...
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Eastern Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census. Eastern Township was organized...
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in the Eastern Townships due to English Protestant laws and control. At the initiative of Father Bernard O'Reilley, an Association des Townships was set...
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Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in the Eastern Townships. In 1988 and 1984 this area was nearly swept by the Progressive Conservatives...
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"lots of waterfowl"[citation needed]. Missisquoi County, part of the Eastern Townships (one of roughly 12 regions in Québec), is located on the western fringes...
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southern regions of Quebec, in particular the Beauce region and the Eastern Townships. Between Sherbrooke and Marieville there is less traffic, since Autoroute...
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anglophone minority in the Eastern Townships, without comprehensive coverage of national and world news. "Talk", or "Talk of the Townships", a weekly television...
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within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality and the Eastern Townships. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,248. It is located...
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more rural East End townships have traditionally relied more upon agriculture and recreation. Residents of the five eastern townships had occasionally advocated...
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cancellation, citizen's groups in southern New Brunswick and the Eastern Townships of Quebec have periodically organized petitions or lobbied to have...
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with the most currency being to create the Provinces of Montreal, Eastern Townships, and Quebec. After the renewed rise of the Quebec sovereignty movement...
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"Gilbert's Gallopers: The Rise and Fall of the 117th Eastern Townships Battalion, C.E.F. | Townships Heritage WebMagazine". Meek, John F. Over the Top!...
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common use: In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Canadian French, this is a canton. Townships are referred to...
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The News and Eastern Townships Advocate is a newspaper based in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec started on January 27, 1848. The headquarters for the...
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the region of Estrie, which is often referred to colloqually as the Eastern Townships. It is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, and...
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novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Arcan's first novel Putain (2001; English: Whore (2004))...
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construction of the South Eastern Railway linking Montreal to Cowansville and the opening of the first bank, the Eastern Townships Bank, contributed to the...
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Mauricie, and Northern Quebec Eastern Shores School Board on Lower North Shore Eastern Townships School Board in Eastern Townships English Montreal School Board...
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Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships. Township functions are generally overseen...
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ordinary municipality on April 4, 2009; List of united township municipalities in Quebec Eastern Townships MAMROT Répertoire des municipalités "Modifications...
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1764 established 67 townships, known as lots, and 3 royalties, which were grouped into parishes and hence into counties; the townships were geographically...
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was a railway in the Canadian province of Quebec, that served the Eastern Townships region south of the St. Lawrence River. Its headquarters was in Sherbrooke...
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Victoria Bolton, Ontario Bolton-Est, Quebec, Eastern Townships West Bolton, Quebec, Eastern Townships Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester...
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Potton, Quebec (category Township municipalities in Quebec)
located on the western shore of Lake Memphremagog in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of Quebec, and is one of the municipalities in Brome County...
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