Tag Archives: Brome County Historical Society

Eastern Townships historical archives to go online this spring

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a $44,000 grant from the Library and Archives Canada, hundreds of years of historical documents from the Townships will be uploaded to a new online database that will be launched this spring. The Eastern Townships Archive Portal will … Continue reading →

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WWI Ypres exhibit at Brome County History Society

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Gail Dever

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Second Battle of Ypres, the Brome County Historical Society (BCHS) in Knowlton, Quebec has mounted an exhibit dedicated to this WWI battle and to the local soldiers who fought in it. The … Continue reading →

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Oldest house in Knowlton, Quebec escapes the wreaker’s ball

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Gail Dever

In April, I wrote in Oldest house in Knowlton, Quebec slated for demolition that the 199-year-old Paul Holland Knowlton log house, owned by a local golf club, was going to be demolished unless the the Brome County Historical Society could … Continue reading →

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Crème de la crème — October 4, 2014

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Gail Dever

The bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Acadian French – analysis on American-Canadian border by Juliana L’Heureux, The Franco-American Blog. Grant to help Glenwood digitize documents on CountyLive.ca Blog. All editions of 1914’s Church of Ireland Gazette online by Claire … Continue reading →

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