Letters to the Editor

--November 9, 2012.

REQUEST FOR OLD PHOTOS OF WOMEN’S HOCKEY PLAYERS:

I am preparing a “coffee table book” on ladies’ hockey history in Quebec. A fascinating story! Since the 1890s, women have been playing, among other places, in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Three-Rivers and Lachute. And Anglo-Quebecers have been the real pioneers of the game in the province.

So, if you have stories to share or old pictures (1890-1940) of Quebec women’s teams or action shots of women playing hockey, I’d be very grateful if you could contact me.

--August 9, 2012.

The grandfather mentioned in the following email was a descendent of one of the early families to settle on a farm in Rawdon.

--June 11, 2012.

Greetings,

Thank you for providing such a comprehensive (and quite fascinating!) web site of materials on Anglophones in Quebec! Your collection of Web-based journals, oral histories, and many other materials have been a tremendous help to me as I continue to learn about English-speaking groups in Quebec.

Many thanks for all your efforts.

--May 31, 2012.

Recently found your article on the 1892 origins of Camp Otoreke - very nice. You may be interested in this Otoreke website: http://otoreke.shawwebspace.ca.

Cheers.

Howard Duncan
(former Otoreke dishwasher, 1958-1961)

--October 22, 2011.

Dear Editor,

I am looking to determine a date as to when a cyclone hit the home that my family lived in. I have images of the destruction as well as a newspaper clipping, however the date is not indicated. I can see that there are what appears to be Model T vehicles, but otherwise I am not sure how to gauge the date. I have not been able to locate any mention of it on the Internet.

Since I am in Calgary I am challenged to access any local archieves. Any assistance would be appreciated.

--July 29, 2011.

Dear Editor,

--December 9, 2010

Dear editor,

An item about Shrewsbury that was recently on the news caught my wife's attention, and her mention of it led to me searching and finding this site.

Very interesting stuff for me, as I'm something of an amateur historian, and while I spent a fair amount of time "playing" on the Shrewsbury road in the 1970s, I never knew anything about the place until now.

--June 25, 2010

Dear Editor,

I grew up in the summer months in Rawdon. The last set of pictures of Rawdon 1940 [on Laurentian Heritage WebMagazine] were so "cool."

I was born in 1944 but my family had a cottage there from the early 30s. So many memories. I now live in North Carolina but it is so nice to "go back" through your web site. Thank you so much.

Susan Pomeroy Martin
South Carolina

--June 1, 2010

Dear Editor,

--March 10, 2010

Dear Editor,

I’ve uncovered a most damning indictment against our "Hero of the Long Sault". It alleges that at 22, in 1657, Adam Dollard raped a 14 year old girl in France and fled (or was banished) to the farthest reaches of the empire, to escape the consequences and stigma and perhaps also to seek atonement. Can this be dismissed as a reckless Internet chat-room smear, or do the circumstances lend it the ominous ring of possible truth?