Eastern Township, Summit Drive, Scotstown, La Patrie, Lac Drolet Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, The real life is in Eastern Township

 

Eastern Township Summit Drive

 

The road Summits is a tourist route in south-eastern of Quebec.It connects the highest mountains of the region and extends in a horseshoe of 160 kilometers, between the municipalities of Scotstown, La Patrie (southwest) and Stratford (northwest).

Mont Park -Mégantic

 

The road runs through the Summits beautiful landscapes,highlighted by lakes, mountain ranges and beautiful villages. In total, the road crosses five municipalities where history has left its mark.

 

Throughout the tour, travelers will find an ideal setting to indulge in a host of sports and leisure activities such as kayaking and canoeing, horseback riding, hiking, biking, fishing, discovering the fauna and flora, geology, etc.

 

Tourist Route Eastern Townships

This attraction unusual was the first step of my journey on Route peaks, third official tourist route Townships Eastern Townships. 157 km long, it connects the two national parks in the area, to Mount Frontenac-Mégantic, a sector where the highest peaks in southern Quebec are drawn up.

On the way, we meet eight vertices within walking distance,Morne Le  Saint -Sébastien (820 m), passing by Mount Bélanger (925 m), Marble mountain (923 m) and Mount St. Joseph (1065 m). However, this tourist route is not directed only to expert hikers. Water Activities, short hike on flat terrain, museums and especially pleasurable panoramas allow everyone to find his account.

Lac-Mégantic, the complex of the sand bay

 

Appalachian Trail

 

The International Appalachian Trail is the longest hiking trail in North America.

 

Today, the International Appalachian Trail from Georgiain the southern United States to go to Gaspé, where the Appalachians meet the sea at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River through the Townships Eastern Townships (Quebec).

 

This International Trail offers the possibility to browse the territories of exceptional beauty, which is what some forty million annually hikers traveling the Appalachian Trail in the United States and the Appalachian Trail in Quebec, while discovering mountains, plains, several shots of water, flora and fauna impressive.

Since then, the trail grows without pause. Today, the International Appalachian Trail, Quebec and the Appalachian Trail are assembled some 4,500 kilometers long making it the longest trail in North America.

In Eastern Township, several campsites and shelters have been built throughout the trail to the side and at the foot of the mountains that allow to spend a night of rest before heading back. Platforms camping are available between 12 and 20 km each.

 

In short, it would be impossible to mention all the attractions and points of interest in the International Appalachian Trail, we should go there and see with his own eyes

 

Naturally, you can simply browse the Route verte ( green route) in sections, and few of those considering travel from one end to the other. Some use it every day to go to the office, others spend a long weekend or a vacation to indulge in the joys of cycling and discovery.

 

Whatever your decision, remember that the Green Route is the best medicine against stress and accumulated fatigue. In addition, the track is safe and marked on most of the course and the work continues to improve even more.  

 

Granite House:sizes workshop

Somestages of Summit Drive

 

The Mont-Mégantic National Park, Scotstown with its valleys,ridges and hills, the two highest peaks of the Southern Quebec, Mount St. Joseph with 1065 meters and Mont Mégantic, 1105 meters high; Mont Gosford, 1193 meters. The observation tower with a panoramic view, Named the attention of travelers who travel the trails of Mount and the city of Piopolis on the west shore of Lake Megantic, founded in 1871 by the Papal Zouaves, City Lac-Mégantic.

 

We can make it an excursion aboard a panoramic boat; the Maison du Granit.An interpretive center built on the site of an ancient mountainside granite quarry, where we discover the traditions of the stonemasons; the Parc national of Frontenac, on the outskirts of Lake St. Francis. It represents a sample of the natural region ranges of Estrie (Eastern Townships), Beauce and Bellechasse; the Pavillon de la Faune and Aylmer Lake Cruises.

Lac-Megantic, cruising Coudrier

The granite mountains is from San Sebastian Route peaks that carries the best name. Ascents and descents on straight roads that stretch to the horizon, succeed relentlessly. No doubt, we rub the Appalachians.

In the House of the granite mountainside, one tells the epic of granite quarries that have marked the territory in the twentieth century. This rock was used to build two jewels of our religious heritage, the basilica Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and Saint Joseph's Oratory. While instructive, interpretive center exhibits hardly impressive.

However, the granite House maintains 13 km of hiking trails, including the loop of Morne de San Sebastian, a must. This short hike of 2.4 km round trip to the summit of Mount San Sebastian, at 820 meters altitude. From here you can enjoy a 360 degree view of the area. As we walk through the remains of a career.

Chief town of the region, the municipality of Lac-Mégantic, 6000inhabitants,is a popular staging point, but without great tourist attraction. So I drove to Piopolis, village established on the shores of Lake Megantic, founded in the nineteenth century by the Papal Zouaves. The view of the mountains from the marina, the poetic forest trails and sandy beaches were quick to conquer me. In a word.picturesque

Thestuffed animals from North America are presented. One can take a guided tour by browsing more than 30 dioramas that recreate part of their natural habitat. During the cruise on the lake, one can discover the surrounding villages and fauna of the lake.

Mont Gosford

Mont Gosford, pizzas to enjoy at breakfast. This is what is proposed at the Inn At sunrise in Piopolis. A curiosity is the bacon pizza, sausage and ham, is a delight. It begins long a difficult day ahead, because this morning I attack the highest mountain in southern Quebec, Mont Gosford, which rises to 1193 meters.

Following a 4.5 km trail, you direct access to the top, where stands a tower exposed to the winds to embrace the whole look of the area. To the north are Mount Mégantic and the lake of the same name. In the south, leading our gaze to the mountains of New Hampshire and Maine. It's beautiful. Mount Gosford is one of the best kept in the region.secrets

Piopolis  in Tintin, cottages for rent

To finish off, I wandered drive in isolated ranks of municipalities of La Patrie and Chartierville.It is in this part of the country, between the Mont Mégantic and border mountains, which takes advantage of the most spectacular panoramas. Due to time constraints, I postponed my visit to the Mont-Mégantic National Park. I will go so lost in the stars again.

Piopolis

In Piopolis Accommodation five senses allows to live an experience of a night in a yurt. Two sofa beds, dining table, dishwasher, sink and gas stove equip each of yurts scattered in the forest. In the center of the circular tent is a wood stove in which only burns ecological logs. New, nice and open year round.

If satiate

In a touristically undeveloped area, it is not small friendly bistros on every street corner. However, nothing better to taste the local flavor than going to the local places frequented by locals. As authentic experience, Resto Bar du Lac, Lac-Drolet.The meals of the day are honest, hamburger and fried chicken, for example, and the atmosphere very friendly. Everyone greeted me on entering, while inwardly asking "? What is there this strange"  

Lac-Drolet

the evening, it's a friendly bar frequented by tourists and locals area. Inn At sunrise, 499 Main Street, Piopolis At Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Quebec, the bakery at Mamie offers delicious fresh meal, served by very friendly staff. After a hike in the mountains, a good sandwich and excellent coffee, there is nothing better to regain strength. Chez Mamie, 24, rue Principale Ouest, Notre-Dame-des-Bois.

Get out of the route Route vertices to stroll through the small towns of Scotstown and Chartierville La Patrie. From lost ranks it enjoys magnificent views of the Parc National du Mont-Mégantic and border mountains, which separate Canada from the United States. A decoration postcards.

Finally, remember that the Summit Drive is one of three marked tourist roads of the Eastern Townships.

Scotstown, wooden covered bridge

Scotstown The bridge was located in the town of the same name, a charming small village located in the Eastern Townships. This structure 160 feet possible to cross the Salmon River. This is the same river that flows under the bridge McVetty-McKerry. The latter was also not very far from Scotstown bridge.

This bridge had arched porticos, but one of them had been modified over the years, probably after being damaged by a truck. In this photo you can see a fisherman in the river. This bridge was unfortunately demolished in 1973 to make way for a more modern bridge.

 Scotstown the brige 1973

Scotstown the bridge 1974

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Bury, municipality of Haut-Saint-François, county of Compton, Eastern Township, Quebec, Canada, Part Four

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Part IV

For the next month, the unit conducted a defensive battle against the German forces together to destroy the Allied bridgehead. " When there was a new momentum, the tanks of the regiment participated in the capture of Caen, Faubourg de Vaucelles and  Falaise.The Falaise pocket was closed and the unit took part in the cleanup and hunting in Rouen.After almost three months of continuous contact with the enemy, the unit received a short respite, which allowed its members to restore their tanks and rest.

 

In late September, the unit left France to settle in the Antwerp region, where Canadian Forces were ordered to clear the area north of the city. Throughout the remainder of September and October, the regiment involved in crossing the Antwerp-Turnhout Canal and liberating the Scheldt region, and entered the Netherlands. In November, the unit moved to the Nijmegen area where he spent the rest of the winter. In February, the Col L. Gordon left the regiment and was replaced by L. Col FT Jenner, MBE.

 

On 16 February 1945, the regiment was ordered to move to Cleves to prepare for the onslaught of the Rhineland.He moved into the Hochwald and pushed towards Xanten, which was authorized in early March. His progress continued, through Emmerich and Zutphen. When it was announced that all German forces in northwest Germany, Holland and Friesland had surrendered unconditionally, the regiment was preparing for an attack against Aurich, which surrendered immediately.

  

With the fighting over, the unit was transferred to the Nijmegen area, where he was based. LCol Jenner left for Canada in July and Shift Radley Walters succeeded him. In January 1946, the unit on the Lady Rodney for his return journey to Canada, arriving in Halifax on January 21. D-Day to VEDay,staff from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment earned glory and 22 Battle Honours. In the process, 128 members were killed in action and 262 were injured.

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers of Canada

Russell Coates

The 08 July 1940, the Royal Rifles of Canada (Quebec) and the Hussars 7 / XIth (Richmond) has received authorization to mobilize the 1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada.Its first commander was Lt. Col. William James Home, MC. Its first commanding officer Col William James L. Was Home, MC. A recruitment campaign was conducted in Quebec in the Gaspé and the Eastern Townships. The 117th Hussars. Recruited 16 officers and 385 men at the new battalion.

Russell Coates

 

After initial training at Valcartier Camp, the unit was moved to Sussex, New Brunswick, in September 1940 and was then sent to relieve the Queen's Own Rifles in Newfoundland. In August 1941, the unit was transferred to St. John's, Newfoundland, where he was starting another coastal watchtower.

 

In September 1941 the UK Government requested that the Canadian government send two infantry battalions to reinforce the garrison in Hong Kong.On October 23, the Royal Rifles of Canada took the train to Vancouver, where they left Canada October 27 aboard the Awatea.The unit arrived in Hong Kong November 16, 1941.

 

Twenty-two days later, on December 8, Japanese forces attacked the British colony. For 10 days, the unit endured almost continuous air and artillery bombardment. On the night of 18 December 19, Japanese troops landed on Hong Kong Island and the unit came into direct contact with the enemy. The garrison forces fought heroically,but despite repeated attempts to cons-attack, the garrison surrendered to the invader, 25 December 1941. Due to the death of Brigadier General Lawson, commander of Canadian forces, LCol Home was promoted to brigadier general and LCol John H. Price, MC, became commander of the battalion.

 

For the next three years and nine months, the remaining members of the unit endured hunger, abuse and torture of prisoners of war of the Japanese Imperial Army.The men were first interned at camp North Point and were later transferred to camp Sham Shui Poin September 1942.Most of these men were then transferred to Japan to work as slaves in mines and Japanese industries .

 

When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the men of the Royal Rifles of Canada were released from their internment camps.Members of the unit arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, in early October and arrived in Quebec in late October. Among the 962 members of the unit who had landed in Hong Kong in November 1941, 130 have died from battle while 129 others died while they were prisoners of war.

Hong Kong

  

The formal merger of the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Hussars 7 / XIth never occurred. However, after the war, the Hussars 7 / XIth had the honor of receiving the cap badge of the Royal Rifles of Canada, and the year "1941" was emblazoned on his handlebars as a reminder of the regiment who had given everything for Canada.

Did you know?

Did you know that 32 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada were from the small town of Bury, Quebec? Besides the Winnipeg Grenadiers, these men took part in the Battle of Hong Kong, after which they were prisoners of the Japanese for more than three and a half years.

Bury is the Canadian city with the highest number per capita of residents to take part in the Second World War.

Soldiers who died during the Second World War

Wells Bishop Major	MacAulayTom Major	Clifford Royer Sergeant Major
Ernest Bennett Lance Corporal	Batley Austin Rifleman	Eric Batley Rifleman
Oswald Clark Rifleman	Ralph Coleman Rifleman	James Cook Rifleman
George Everett Rifleman	Gordon Grey Rifleman	Howard Grey Rifleman
Cameron Rifleman	Elwin Herring Rifleman	Hunt Clarence Rifleman
Allan Kelso Rifleman	Earl Lasenba Rifleman	Maurice Latulippe Rifleman
Arthur Lowe Rifleman	Henri Martin Rifleman	Olsson Eric Rifleman
Lawrence Ross Rifleman	Leo Ross Rifleman	Raymond Ross Rifleman
James C. Royer Rifleman	Rifleman Howard Ward

 

Killed during intense fighting that preceded the fall of Hong Kong

Halle George Rifleman

Harrison Rifleman Cameron

Death at the hands of brutal and merciless guards

Clark Oswald Sergeant	Murray Goodenough Sergeant
Frank Chapman Rifleman	Russell Coates Rifleman

Died while a prisoner (according to reports), but his remains wererepatriated.

Roland Lapalme Rifleman

 

 

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Bury, municipality of Haut-Saint-François, county of Compton, Eastern Township, Quebec, Canada, Part Three

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Part three

in Sherbrooke Hussars

 

WWII

The 117th Battalion Sherbrooke Hussars

Immediately after the outbreak of the war, the Estrie units have been mobilized under the No. 1 overall deposit base of the Canadian Army Special (CSAC).

They s 'sailed to England where it was dissolved on July 6, 1940 to serve as reinforcements. The 117th Battalion Eastern Townships Association and members of the Sherbrooke Regiment, including its commander, LCol WM McA 'Nulty, pressured the Canadian government to form an Eastern Townships unit for overseas service. This pressure finally paid off when, in an effort to create an English-speaking unit in the district militia No. 5 and a unit of Estrie, the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment and the Royal Rifles of Canada were formed.

The Regiment Fusiliers de

SherbrookeJuly 23, 1940, the merger of the Sherbrooke Regiment (MG) ​​and the Fusiliers de Sherbrooke was authorized, forming the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment of the CASF. Its first commander was Col L. MW McA'Nulty, ED, the commander of the Sherbrooke Regiment (MG) ​​at that time, and the deputy commander was Major AJ Biron of the Fusiliers de Sherbrooke. Stationed in the Eastern Townships Agricultural Association Exhibition Grounds East, the new unit recruited staff necessary to achieve its effective war and trained in infantry tactics.

Regiment of Fusiliers de Sherbrooke D Day

On 29 May 1941 the unit left Sherbrooke for Ottawa. On the way, the unit participated in a number of events to promote  Bonds Victory and trained in infantry tactics in Farnham and wide practice of St. Bruno.When the unit arrived in Ottawa 4 August, he had the privilege of being addressed by Colonel the Honourable JL Ralston, CMG, DSO, Minister of National Defence.

  

Shortly after the unit arrived, he was informed that he would be transferred to the rights of the coastal defense in Newfoundland.The unit travels by train to Quebec, where he boarded the Lady Drake.When the unit arrived in Newfoundland, it replaced the Royal Rifles of Canada. After five months of service without history in Newfoundland, the unit was advised that it would be transformed into armored regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 4th Canadian Division (Reinforced), and January 26, 1942, was renamed 27 Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment).On February 7, 1942, the Algonquin Regiment relieved the unit, which then proceeded to Debert, Nova Scotia.

 

The transition to an armored regiment had a negative effect on morale. Not all unit staff wanted to become armored, and some requested transfers to other infantry units. Those who remained were compulsorily transferred, and intelligence tests were conducted to determine who could stay with the unit. However, very few members were found unfit. Effort to boost morale two weeks permissions have been granted.

 

Departure was delayed several times until orders were finally received on 25 October. The unit undertook the trip on the ship Queen Elizabeth, on October27,arriving in England on the night of 3 November 4, 1942. The unit conducted Aldershot for its training, and resumed the LCol McA'Nulty command.

 

First, the quality of training was poor, as no tanks were made ​​available radio communication courses, driving and maintenance, and shooting. On January 11 1943, the unit was renamed the 27th Army Tank Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment) and became a member of the 3rd Armoured Brigade of the army. L. Col McA'Nulty left the unit to return to Canada on 27 December, and the new commander, LCol MBK Gordon, arrived Feb. 8, 1943.

 

Over the next 18 months, the training unit towards the ultimate goal of joining the assault on Fortress Europe. Exercises performed during this period were to prepare the troops for the battle ahead: establishing a bridgehead (Exercise Spartan),breach minefields (Exercise Hammer),amphibious landings and small head groups Bridge (Push Exercise). In May 1944, the training has culminated in a final rehearsal for the invasion of Europe (Exercise Fabius III).

   At 1215 hours, June 6th, 1944, the first tanks of the regiment landed on the beaches of Normandy to Bennières-sur-Mer. Their role was to monitor the forces first landed and exploit the success achieved. The regiment was ordered in advance and capture the city and the airfield of Carpiquet, located on the outskirts of Caen.

They came to the airport, but could not get it. The next day they were ordered in advance through Villons-les-Buissons towards Buron. During their advance, the aircraft tanks were against-attacked by tanks of the 12th Panzer Division of the SS. The regiment destroyed 33 tanks and disorganized the enemy effectively that she was forced to withdraw to regroup, preventing a counter-attack against the bridgehead which prompted the troops to the sea.

Hong Kong War freedom

Hong Kong War

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