For a short period in the early 1900s, Captain B.V. Naylor made his mark on the tourist and shipping industry along the Richelieu River near the Quebec/Vermont border. Born in Noyan in 1858, Benjamin Naylor’s…
Horse-drawn carriages, dirt roads, and covered bridges. They all seem to just go together when we think of the past. CanadaPost’s recent issuing of a new stamp series showing Canada’s historic covered bridges speaks to…
In 1930, most Canadian women had had the right to vote in federal elections for nine years but it would still be another ten years before they would achieve that right in Quebec provincial elections. …
It’s cold outside. All plant life is covered in centimetres of the white stuff and our hopes of fresh garden vegetables are months away. In this cold-weather season, don’t you just crave a good, fresh…
Hills covered with snow, a sled carrying logs pulled by a team of horses. These are among the most-remembered subjects of Townships painter Frederick S. Coburn (1871-1960), who spent much of his life in Melbourne. …
“A photograph is worth a thousand words.” This idiom certainly rings true when it comes to some photographs. And while other photographs might not hold the weight of a thousand words, many are still able…