HIstorical Geography of the Eastern Townships

Articles:

Booth, J.D. (1995).“An Overview of the Transport Issues in the Eastern Townships.” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies 7: 5-17.

Booth, J.D. (1994). “Timber Utilization on the Agricultural Frontier in Southern Quebec.” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies, 4: 15-30.

Lundgren, J.O. (1996). “The Tourism Development Process in the Eastern Townships – The Changing Tourist Product Composition.” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies, 8: 5-24.

Southam, P. (2001). "Continuity and change in the Eastern Townships manufacturing industry." Journal of Eastern Townships Studies, 18: 5-18.

Revue de recherche en tourisme: Cahiers de recherche Teoros, 1(1): 4-68. (Spring 1997.)

Books:

Booth, J.D. (1984). Les cantons de la Saint-Francois; Townships of the St. Francis. Montreal: McGill University Press.

Booth, J.D. (1982). Railways of Southern Quebec, vol. 1 & 2. Toronto: Railfare Enterprises Ltd.

Day, C.M. (1869). History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada: Civil and Descriptive. Montreal: John Lovell Press.

Dubois, M.M. (1989). Les Cantons de l'Est: aspects géographiques, politiques, économiques et culturels. Sherbrooke, Québec: Éditions de l'Université de Sherbrooke.

Kesteman, J-P. (1998). Histoire des Cantons de l'Est. Sainte-Foy, Québec: Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture.

Kesteman, J-P. (1970). Documents sur l’histoire des Cantons de l’Est (1871-1880). Sherbrooke: Université de Sherbrooke Press.

Little, J.I. (1989). Ethno-cultural transition and regional identity in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association.

Little, J.I. (1989). Nationalism, capitalism, and colonialism in nineteenth-century Quebec: The upper St. Francis district. Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press.

Manning, C. (1991). The impact of technology on the Eastern Townships of Quebec during the 1920s. Lennoxville: Bishop’s University Print Shop.

Martel, J. (1960). Histoire du systeme routier des Cantons de L'Est avant 1855. M.A. Thesis, University of Ottawa.

Ross, W.G. (1974). Three Eastern Townships mining villages since 1863: Albert Mines, Capelton, and Eustis, Quebec. Lennoxville: Department of Geography, Bishop’s University.

Wright, P.C. (1972). The historical geography of metallic mining in the Eastern Townships (1820-1970). Lennoxville: Bishop’s University.

Map Sources in Order of Appearance

Map of Provincial Counties 1912

Gagnon, Jacques 1989, Petite histoire politique des Cantons de L’Est in Les Cantons de L’Est, Jean-Marie Dubois (ed), Les Editions de l’Universite de Sherbrooke, QC: p.165.

Map of Federal Counties 1988

Gagnon, Jacques 1989, Petite histoire politique des Cantons de L’Est in Les Cantons de L’Est. Jean-Marie Dubois (ed), Les Editions de l’Universite de Sherbrooke, QC: p.169.

Map of Provincial Counties 1989

Gagnon, Jacques 1989, Petite histoire politique des Cantons de L’Est in Les Cantons de L’Est, Jean-Marie Dubois (ed), Les Editions de l’Universite de Sherbrooke, QC: p.170.

Plan A and Plan B showing Township Survey System

Gagnon, Robert 1989, Le Milieu rural estrien et l’histoire de son peuplement in Les Cantons de L’Est, Jean-Marie Dubois (ed), Les Editions de l’Universite de Sherbrooke, QC: p.77.

Map of individual Townships plus date of registration

Kesteman, Jean-Pierre, Diane Saint-Pierre & Peter Southam 1998, Histoire des Cantons de L’Est, Les Presses de l’Universite Laval, Ste-Foy: p.84.

Map of Lower Canada (Holland Map)

Topographical Map of Lower Canada, 1802 by Samuel Holland in Townships of the St. Francis, Derek Booth, 1984 McCord Museum, McGill University Publishers, Montreal, QC: p.14.

Map of Plan of Counties (1833 – Gould)

Gould, Nathaniel, 1833 Plan of the Counties of Stanstead, Sherbrooke, Missiskoui, Shefford, Drummond, Megantic, and Part of Nicolet in the Province of Lower Canada; exhibiting the situation in which it is proposed that land should be offered to the British American Land Co. The situation is marked AAA and coloured red, in Townships of the St. Francis, Derek Booth 1984, McCord Museum, McGill University Publishers, Montreal, QC: p. 24.

Map of Des Cantons des Cantons de L’Est showing treaty of 1812

Gagnon, Jacques 1989, Le Milieu rural estrien et l’histoire de son peuplement in Les Cantons de L’Est, Jean-Marie Dubois (ed), Les Editions de l’Universite de Sherbrooke, QC: p.81.

Map of Counties in Eastern Townships 1853-1915

Little, J.I. (1980). “Disappear: English-Speaking Reaction to French Canadian Colonization in the Eastern Townships 1844-90.”Journal of Canadian Studies 14(4).

Map of Individual Townships plus date of registration.

Kesteman, Jean-Pierre, Diane Saint-Pierre & Peter Southam 1998, Histoire des Cantons de L’Est, Les Presses de l’Universite Laval, Ste- Foy, QC: p.94.

Map of 14 MRC’s of the Eastern Townships

Roberge, Anne & Denis Morin 1989, La population des 14 MRC des Cantons de L’Est in Les Cantons de L’Est, Jean-Marie Dubois (ed), Les Editions de l’Universite de Sherbrooke, QC: p.105.

Map of MRC’s of L’Estrie

Internet Source:
Map of the seven MRC’s that make up L’Estrie, Gen Web Project of Estrie (Quebec-Canada) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~qcestrie/estrie.html November 19, 2001, Remi-Mario Mayette, Coordinator of Gen Web Estrie.