Stornoway
Stornoway, which we see the steeple on top of a climb, is well off the intersection of Routes 161 and 108, a natural crossroads now known as Village-Relais.
Its name chosen by its Scottish founders reminds the capital the island of of Lewis in Scotland. For the record, three cemeteries serve as a final resting place and a monument, opposite the church, unearths the history of the founding families.
The Catholic Church (1920) houses a superb statue of Saint-Alphonsus of renowned Louis Jobin sculptor. At the intersection of Summit Drive, with stunning views of the mountains and the Frontenac National Park nearby, stop offers, in addition to information boards, a star finder light recalling the theme of the International Reserve starry sky Mont of Mégantic.On Route 161, the near river Legendre, a former flour mill.
Stornoway was founded 1858 in by the arrival of the Scots who came to settle there to escape famine and misery. Around 1860, the first French Canadian family, Legendre, is established. They successively built a carding mill (for spinning wool), a fulling mill (for cloth), a flour mill, a sawmill and manufacturing windows and doors. Around 1885 the Scots, for lack of work, leave the area and in 1912 the French Canadians permanently install it
The municipality of Stornoway was founded at the crossroads Lambton, St. Francis and Mégantic, in the 1840s In 1849, a first general store opened there.
Originally, the town was called Bruceville. In 1852, Colin Noble, a wealthy merchant and potash maker, settled there. It was the most prominent figure in the whole region. He was also justice, school commissioner and postmaster. He renamed the village Stornoway, in honor of a Scottish city, capital of the Lewis Island.
Tourist attractions
The village has several heritage monuments such as the four cemeteries that serve as the final resting Scottish settlers in Eastern Townships 'Is. A monument, located opposite the church, recalls the story of the founding families.
The Catholic Church, which dates from 1920, houses a superb statue of Saint Alphonsus, carved by the famous sculptor Louis Jobin.
Mont-Mégantic
A former flour mill, the mill Legendre, located at 495 Route 161, near the Legendre River, shows the arrival of French Canadians.
Part of the Frontenac National Park covers the territory of Stornoway. The thematic tour The Summit Drive, built in 2007, passes through the municipality.
The Winslow Valley Equestrian Centre is also located on the territory of Stornoway.
Stornoway is a municipality in the regional county municipality (RCM) The Granit in Quebec ( Canada), located in the Eastern Township administrative region. This village has just under 600 inhabitants. It is located at the crossroads of two major provincial highways (Highway 108 and Highway 161).
The municipality is a member of the Federation of Quebec Villages relay. Indeed, on 1 October 2009, she was named "Village Bridge" by the Ministry of Transport of Quebec. This designation means that the municipality must provide services comparable to those of large cities (shops open longer, sanitary facilities available 24 hours over 24 hours, where sleeping, etc.).
The first French-Canadian family to settle in Stornoway is the Legendre family whose story is the subject of the book The age of the wood - Stornoway John O'Neilwood:.
Stornoway- The Age of Author: JeanO'Neil,
Ellen the mother died first and Joseph-Alphonse spent the rest of his life to get bored of it. One after another, Rose, Keenan, White, Peg, Ellert, Lou, Bonhomme, Pit and Bijou came to the cemetery to reach the top of the coast.
It remains Thérèse, who will often visit. Gerard with his nephew and his son Jean, she tells here the story of her family, when her father and uncles came to settle in Stornoway, in the township of Winslow, between Sherbrooke and Lac-Mégantic, between Beauce and the "United States", between the ages of fur and old beer, right in the age of the wood.
The history of Legendre is that of a hardworking and visionary family to a time when the Scottish pioneers, ffLandes and French-Canadian poorest invade the Eastern Townships.
The painter Gilles Archambault accompanied John O'Neil in this abrupt thirty countries and generated illustrations that take us in various places and moments of this adventure. The age of the wood awakens a past still palpable. Stornoway adds a component to the fresco of the country in the work of John O'Neil, with this authenticity that simplicity and humble greatness evocation that have become the same signature of the writer ISBN:.2-89111-686 -0
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