East Angus, municipality Upper St. Francis
population in 2014 of 3,852 inhabitants
Founder, William Angus
East Angus was established as a separate municipality March 14,1912.If the population was predominantly English at the arrival of the first settlers, the arrival of French Canadians in the twentieth century has made Angus a predominantly French-speaking city. According to the 2006 census, only 4% of the population is English-speaking.
East Angus named for William Angus,a Scottish industrialist who built a saw mill and a paper mill in 1881.
William Angus
William Angus, a Scottish industrialist proud gives its name to the town of East Angus, while giving it an industrial vocation with the construction of a pulp and paper mill and a saw mill near the St. Francis River.
For a long time the paper industry , made many residents living in the municipality. Outdoor concerts are presented during the months of July and August at the Old Paper Station.
The municipal park of the Two Rivers, happy Mont Elan Valley, near, and Estrie trails invite hiking . A little further west, in the municipality of Ascot Corner, a visit to the farm in Pre Blue, for berry picking, and a stop at the Fromagerie DuMatin for its cheddar grain fresh daily, complete although a getaway in the Haut-Saint-François.
East Angus Station
The East Angus Station, a historic monument, is a railway station built in 1914. The building cement block imitating stone, rectangular a floor is topped by an imposing roof ridges extending beyond the walls. Its wide eaves are supported by twin consoles. The south-west façade has a front building with two levels topped with a gable roof rights. Shelter, constituted by the extension of the roof and supported by two pillars, completes the southeast end of the building. The station is located slightly off the street, landscaped grounds, in the institutional and commercial area of the town of East Angus.
History of the railway
in 1869, the company Sherbrooke Eastern Townships and Kennebec Railway (SET and KR ) gets its charter. It will connect to the Sherbrooke railway line Lévis and Kennebec. In 1874 the railway reached the township of Westbury (later the Town of East Angus). In 1875, following a financial crisis, the SET KR and changes its name to the Quebec Central Railway (QCR).
East Angus becomes the starting point of the railway network to Thetford Mines and Valley Junction. The QCR company plays an important role in the development of several small communities in southern Quebec, including East Angus. It is here that the first station was built in 1882.
William Angus Industrial implanted a pulp and paper mill near it. This industry brings economic prosperity of East Angus. In the first half of the twentieth century, the town is considered one of the most modern and industrialized Townships Eastern Townships. In 1913 the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) rented all the assets of QCR. It is in the context of the QCR equipment modernization of the existing station of East Angus is erected.
The building is built according to a model developed by QCR for its tourism infrastructure and inspired by standard plans designed by the CP. This model is characterized, among others, by a rectangular one-story ridges topped by a roof with overhanging eaves supported by brackets.
The station serves clients CPR until 1965. The building was then used as a warehouse and assembly station maintenance employees of railways.
In 1999 it was transformed into an interpretation center on the local pulp and paper industry and the history of the railway in the region. The name of Vieille Gare du Papier (Paper) is then assigned. The City of East Angus is a tenant for 40 years. Since 2001, the Ministry of Transport of Quebec, who is the owner.
The train station is a historic monument since 2002.
Industries in East Angus
After several transformations, this stationery experienced significant growth. Sporting now teaches at the Cascades East Angus, it is still the main industry of the city. East Angus attempts in recent years to diversify the industries of his city. Long categorized as a one-industry town, Angus managed to attract a few companies in its industrial park.
The pulp and paper has been host to several labor disputes that have marked labor history in Quebec.
Quebec began his quiet revolution at the turn of the 1960s and Quebec society is changing rapidly.
Domtar in East Angus
The rise of the independence movement with the FLQ bombs, violent protests against all forms of oppression and many strikes are rapidly becoming the norm in this society in turmoil. In 1968, over 160 strikes broke out in Quebec, including those of Domtar mills of East Angus and Windsor. The labor dispute in East Angus deeply marked the history of the city, normally quiet.
At East Angus and Windsor, negotiations between Domtar and stumble unions and causes a violent strike. The 1,200 employees of the two plants on strike on July 18th 1968. It will be long, difficult and violent. The impasse in the negotiations is linked to wages. While Domtar offers an increase of 18 cents an hour, the union asks 53 cents. At Kruger Brompton mill, a new collective agreement is signed in which employees receive 53 cents per hour wage increase.
Labour dispute
Domtar company refuses to negotiate despite declining union demands union to 35 cents. The refusal to sit at the negotiating table causes the stagnation of the conflict and the strike drags on for months. The member for Compton, Claude Gosselin,then Minister of Lands and Forests, then offered his mediation to resolve the conflict. It is a failure. Given the length of the negotiations, Domtar threatens to close both plants while the union is demanding that the government step in the company.
East Angus Church
Theconfrontation
During the strike, from July 1968 to January 1969, the cities of Windsor and 'East Angus are almost completely paralyzed, Domtar is the largest employer. Tension making growing, violent episodes become inevitable. In late July, an injunction is issued to prevent unionized block the entrance to the plant mechanics, foremen and security guards.
In mid-August, foremen cars are vandalized. During a demonstration, strikers penetrated inside the factory East-Angus and hold for a few hours while being armed. On 16 September, two guardians of Pinkerton are injured in a violent protest because they entered the factory. Unionized raging then walk over the city and are accompanied by supporters.
That is over 300 people armed with sticks on their way to the police station and city hall. They accuse the municipal police of being in the pay of Domtar and the mayor of East Angus to be a scab. Indeed, it is a factory foreman and did not respect the picket lines . The crowd then falls on the riot squad of the Sûreté du Québec (78 officers) that protect the station and the town hall. 
After the negotiations, the brigade left the scene and the crowd quiet avoiding ask regrettable acts . The bridge of East Angus was even blocked by strikers at some point. The government then ordered the holding of an inquiry into the situation in the pulp and paper industry.
On January 21, 1969, workers 70% endorsed the collective agreement. Many workers are still dissatisfied with the final agreement. The promise not to be prosecuted criminally for acts of vandalism was the central element of the agreement. Domtar finally granted an increase of 30 cents an hour. The union was sentenced to $ 19,000 in fines for contempt of court and pay $ 20,000 in compensation to Domtar for damage to its plants.
There are two theaters in the municipality, which hosted popular artists in Quebec . The city has a room for a little over a hundred people while the auditorium of the Polyvalente (school) Louis-Saint-Laurent can accommodate over 400 people.
Angus has three schools (two primary and secondary level). Polyvalente Louis-Saint-Laurent welcomes just over 800 students, 12 to 18 years old, from all municipalities of the Haut-St-François.
In January 2006, classes of violins and cellos have been organized by Isabelle Pomerleau (originally from East Angus) to allow all children of primary school Scroll to receive this training for free.
Sports
For many years, hockey is a major sports played in this municipality saw Robert Fournier arena and minor hockey association Hauts St Francis. The sharks is the name of their team to participate in all the years the provincial Peewee tournament atom of East Angus. There are also soccer teams for the summer season .
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