Heather Darch
Nancy Hawley was an itinerant teacher. She lived to be 101 years old. Here is her history and the secrets of her longevity.
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At its launch in 1750, the warship L’Orignal was a total loss because she was made from “inferior wood” cut in the forests of Saint-Armand.
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Most details within the Martin legend are not quite true, but it shows that in far-fetched family stories, there is an essence of truth.
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From 1798 to 1804, missionaries from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), came to St. Armand and quickly left again. John Doty, Robert Quirk Short, James Tunstall, and Charles Caleb Cotton.
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The first mass-produced Smith Brothers cough drops were created by a family who once called Missisquoi County home.
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Slavery, while limited in St. Armand, was an ugly part of Missisquoi’s history. Abolitionists like Reverend Stewart and members of his congregation helped to bring it to a close.
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Fables about witches have fascinated and frightened humanity for centuries all around the world and even in Clappertown, Quebec.
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Even in the late 19th century, it is estimated that a third to a half of all live births in Canada ended in death before the age of five. These calculations of child death probability were even greater for Black, urban and poor children.
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