3/9/2010 5:50:22 PM Articles Local History ARGENTEUIL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (1826- ) CALUMET CÉLINA PILON: SPANISH FLU SURVIVOR CHRISTIEVILLE COMPETING MIGRATIONS DOWNHILL SKIING IN THE LAURENTIANS, PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS DOWNHILL SKIING IN THE LAURENTIANS, PART 2: MOVING NORTH FARMING AMONG THE ROCKS: AGRICULTURE IN THE LAURENTIANS FRESH AIR AND CLEAN WATER GORE GRENVILLE TOWNSHIP, CIRCA 1851 HISTORY OF SAINTE-AGATHE LAC CARLIN, THEN AND NOW LACHUTE LANAUDIERE: FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY LES VILLÉGIATEURS MASON’S FALLS, RAWDON MILITARY CANALS OF THE OTTAWA RIVER MORIN HEIGHTS: A BRIEF HISTORY NOMININGUE: ITS HISTORY AND HERITAGE RAWCLIFFE AND THE OLD RAINEY FARM RAWDON IN 1952 RAWDON, THE HILLS OF HOME: A HISTORY OF THE OLD RAWDON TOWNSHIP SHAWBRIDGE: A BRIEF HISTORY SHREWSBURY -- THE VANISHED VILLAGE TAMARACOUTA SCOUT CAMP THE END OF THE PINE FOREST THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS THE IRISH HERITAGE OF THE LAURENTIANS THE IROQUOIS AND THE SULPICIANS THE LAND OF THE LAURENTIANS THE LAURENTIANS: A VERY CONCISE HISTORY, PART 1 THE LAURENTIANS: A VERY CONCISE HISTORY, PART 2 THE LAURENTIANS: IN THE BEGINNING THE MONASTERY AT OKA: NINE CENTURIES OF TRADITION THE PINETREE LINE: CFS LAC ST. DENIS (1949-1986) THE RAILROAD ERA BEGINS THE SANITARIUM THAT NEVER WAS THE SAWDUST FUSILIERS THE STONES OF RAWCLIFFE THE WESKARINIS TRANSITION IN SAINTE-AGATHE (1868-1891) TROUT LAKE INN AND SUN VALLEY LODGE VIKING SKI CLUB, 1929-2004 Famous People ALFRED BAUMGARTEN: THE SUGAR KING OF CANADA ARCHIBALD McMILLAN (1762-1832) AUGUSTIN-NORBERT MORIN (1803-1865) CURÉ FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ANTOINE LABELLE (1833-1891): LE ROI DU NORD D. LORNE McGIBBON DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX: HISTORY AND MYSTERY DR. J. RODDICK BYERS OF THE LAURENTIAN SUN DR. MAUDE ABBOTT (1869-1940), PIONEER WOMAN DOCTOR ELIZABETH WAND: "THE AIR IS LIKE CHAMPAGNE" GEORGE BROWN AND BROWNSBURG HERMAN “JACKRABBIT” SMITH-JOHANNSEN (1875-1987) J. C. WILSON: FIVE GENERATIONS ON THE NORTH RIVER JOHN MOLSON, ENTREPRENEUR AND VISIONARY LORD SHAUGHNESSY & THE FOUNDERS OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC OSIAS RENAUD: MILL HAND, PHOTOGRAPHER, MODEL FARMER SIR JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL ABBOTT (1821-1893), PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA SIR MORTIMER B. DAVIS, PHILANTHROPIST SIR WILFRID LAURIER (1841-1919), PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA THE DAVIDS OF VAL-DAVID VISCOUNT RAOUL OGIER D'IVRY Place Names "THE LAURENTIANS" ABERCROMBIE: LAURENTIAN TOWNSHIP PRESERVES MEMORY OF FAILED BRITISH GENERAL BERESFORD TOWNSHIP BROWNSBURG CHRISTIEVILLE CHUTES WILSON DONCASTER RESERVE GREENSHIELDS POINT, STE-AGATHE IVRY-SUR-LE-LAC LABELLE LACHUTE & BARRON LAKE LAKE LOUISA MONT TREMBLANT MONT-LAURIER NORTH RIVER OTTAWA RIVER RAWDON SAINT-ADOLPHE-D'HOWARD SHAWBRIDGE SIR JOHN'S LAKE VAL-DAVID WEIR WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PLACE NAME “GRENVILLE” Historic Landmarks ANGLICAN CHURCH, ST.ANDREWS EAST ARUNDEL RAILWAY STATION AUGUSTIN-NORBERT MORIN HOUSE, MORIN HEIGHTS AYERS’ WOOLEN MILL, LACHUTE CHRIST CHURCH, RAWDON COVERED BRIDGES OF THE LAURENTIANS, PART 1 COVERED BRIDGES OF THE LAURENTIANS, PART 2 CROWE HOUSE, RAWDON DR. HENRY’S HOUSE, ARUNDEL DR. MAUDE ABBOTT RESIDENCE, ST. ANDREWS EAST EAST END SCHOOL, LACHUTE GRAY ROCKS INN, MONT TREMBLANT GRENVILLE CANAL HERITAGE AT RISK LAUREL, LOST RIVER AND THE PIONEER CEMETERY LAURENTIAN CHEST HOSPITAL, STE-AGATHE LEMUEL CUSHING'S GENERAL STORE MACDONELL HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S EAST MAPLE GROVE SCHOOL, MILLE ISLES, ARGENTEUIL COUNTY McOUAT MILL / HOUSE, LACHUTE MORRISON HOUSE, BROWNSBURG OLD BARRACKS, CARILLON RAILWAYS, STATIONS, AND LINEAR PARKS, PART 1 RAILWAYS, STATIONS, AND LINEAR PARKS, PART 2 SCHOOL NO. 1, ARUNDEL SHAWBRIDGE CLUB, SHAWBRIDGE SILVER BIRCHES, RAWDON ST. MUNGO'S CHURCH, CUSHING THE ROAD OF THE DEAD: A DIFFERENT LAURENTIAN LANDSCAPE WHAT IS HERITAGE ? Miscellaneous CANOEING ON THE ROUGE AFTER THE HURRICANE OF '72 MUNICIPAL CITATION OF HERITAGE SITES ON MOSQUITOS, BLACK FLIES AND OTHER PESTS (1922) TREMBLANT: SKI PROMOTERS CREATE WHOLE NEW HERITAGE VILLAGE Genealogy FINDING FAMILY (WITH THE HELP OF THE RAWDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY) FIRST NATION, FIRST BLOOD IN SEARCH OF JOHN HENRY DIXON (AND MARGARET SMILEY DIXON) Current Events / News 2009 PHELPS AWARD GOES TO ESTHER HEALEY OF RICHMOND CEMETERY HERITAGE INVENTORY AND RESTORATION INITIATIVE UNDERWAY DUNANY COUNTRY CLUB AT 85 FULL HOUSE AT QAHN CEMETERY CONFERENCES LAURENTIAN CEMETERIES AT RISK LOSING THE NYMARK TOUCH: IN SEARCH OF A FUTURE FOR LOG-BUILT HERITAGE LANDMARK QAHN LAUNCHES LAURENTIAN HERITAGE WEBMAGAZINE & QUEBEC HERITAGE WEB QUEBEC’S OLDEST AGRICULTURAL FAIR GEARS UP IN LACHUTE! RAWDON'S CANADIANA VILLAGE CHANGES HANDS SAVING THE SAINTE-AGATHE RAILWAY STATION (AGAIN!) SHREWSBURY CHURCH TARGETED BY VANDALS -- AGAIN! ST. COLUMBAN CEMETERY RESTORATION SHAPING UP! ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SHREWSBURY: POSSIBLE RESTORATION IN THE WORKS? 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