BURY
Part One
Population 1230, in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada
This tranquil and picturesque town is famous for its ambitious parade Canada Day, considered the largest in Quebec outside Montreal.
Founded in the 1830s as a British colony American Land Company (BALCO), Bury was a wooden town known as Robinson's first Scottish settlers. Although Gaelic is no longer spoken, the British heritage of the colony is deeply rooted. The local golf course, once the field of private game Pope County Compton famous family, is one of the oldest in Quebec.
Memorial Park behind historic Old Town Hall at 569 Main Street is a good place to contemplate the sufferings of the first inhabitants encountered building their community in what was a remote village forestry. The building in bright white boards (1865) is an architectural gem.
A number of heritage buildings adorn the Main, Stokes and McIver streets, including brick Fairview School (1907) at 535-A Main St., and the former United Church (1868) across the street. Anglican St. Paul and St. Raphael Catholic churches are still active. Many Anglophone generations were buried in the Protestant cemetery on McIver Street. 
Recognized as one of the oldest Eastern Township golf courses the Pen-Y-Bryn Golf Municipality of Bury offers a nine-hole course in a beautiful setting.
The Township of Bury was formed in March1803,which triggered the start of the colonization of this country. Colonization began slowly, as the granted lands were not used immediately. This leaves free the settlers cleared land in the Township of Bury uncompromising. These squatters stood around the township.
The small town of Bury is full of architectural treasures that have retained their original state. The styles ranging from Victorian Vernacular will impress. On the road 255, before arriving in Bury, do not miss the lookout Brookbury and the beautiful St. John church to do the transition. Discover one of the oldest golf courses of Eastern Townships
In1832,the British American Land Company (BALCO) bought all the unsold lands are surveyed district of St. Francis whose full canton of Bury. To speed up the settlement, the (BALCO) undertook a campaign of promotion and construction of houses and roads, including one from Sherbrooke.
Bury St Pauls Rest Home
In addition, the (BALCO) creates two model villages in the Township of Bury Robinson and Victoria.The goal is to populate this canton of European settlers, mostly British.
The lands are sold, but the most modest settlers can pay their dues in the form of work. It was from 1834 until 1837 and as Bury experiencing significant immigration. In 1836, some sources put the figure at 2,000 people mostly families from England. The village of Robinson knows some success, while that of Victoria will fail by1838.
Subsequently, Scottish families come to settle in the Canton of Bury between 1838-1840, but when we observe documents of municipal archives dating from 1851, no more than a dozen families with a name Scottish sounding still remain in Bury. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Norwegian will also come and settle in Bury.
All these settlers will work together to clear and develop Bury economy. Agriculture will occupy a prominent place in economic activities. The exploitation of the forest and its transformation will allow the establishment of small businesses. Thus, in 1851, three sawmills are needed to meet demand. Subsequently, a truck factory to start operations benefiting from the raw material in abundance. The arrival the of railway the International Railway in1874will come to consolidate this development which will continue until after the Second World War.
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