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Leonard Auger Material
CA ETRC P135-006 · Series · ([179-?]-1985)
Part of Henrietta Kathleen Warren Milne Collection

The series contains primary source material on the works by Leonard Auger, from the 1700's to 1985. The series is comprised of the following sub series; Eastern Townships History ([17--?]-1985), Indigenous Peoples ([18--?]- 1969), Potton Rock ([194--?]-[197-?]), Magog (1846-1972), Ralph Merry (1818-1970), Georgeville (1848-1970), Daughters of the American Revolution ([196-?])-1972), Weatherbee Family ([18-?)]-]19-?]), Daily Reminder Book ([1932-1933?]), Clippings (1793-1977), Deliverance Lodge Minute Book (1896-1900), School Commissioners of Magog Minute Book (1821-1923), Excerpts from the Book of Deliberations and Proceedings of the Municipal Council of the Township of Magog (1869-1897), The Canadian Flag Day Book (1929), Bible- Eusebe Menard (1817-1965), Auger Family (1872-1933), Scrapbooks-Leonard Auger ([190-?]- [196-?), Historical Notes (1840-[196-?]), Poems and Quotes ([1863]-[1969]), Correspondence ([194-?]- 1971), Glass Plate Negatives ([189-?]), and Memphremagog (1868-[19-?]).

Auger, Leonard Arthur, 1893-1973
S.E.R. No. 16, A.B. Chaffee
Part · [18--?]
Part of William E. Foster fonds

Item is a photograph of a train locomotive on a railway bridge with people standing on and beside it, probably taken in the 1800s. The caption reads: S.E.R. No. 16, A.B. Chaffee.

Cartographic documents
CA SHC C032-S003 · Series · [183-?]-[1880?]
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

Series consists of maps of Coaticook and an the surrounding areas of the Eastern Townships from the 1830s to the 1880s. It consists of the following maps: “Map showing the different railways by which the Eastern Townships can be reached” (J.H. Buffords, ca. 1880), “Map of the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada” (Dean & Mundy, ca. 1835), and sections of the “Map of the District of St. Francis, Canada East” (Putnam & Gray, 1863).

Railways
CA ETRC P058-004-66 · Sub-series · 1851, 1908-1922
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The sub-series contains information on railways, including paylists for an unknown railway construction project and railway timetables from 1851 to 1922.

Naylor
CA ETRC P058-003-34 · Sub-series · 1862-1992
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The subseries contains primary and secondary source information on the personal, professional, and military lives of the Naylor family in Missisquoi County and in Manitoba from 1862 to 1992. It consists primarily of correspondence, photographs, biographical notes, family tree research, newspaper clippings, and land deeds pertaining to various members of the Naylor family. The subseries is comprised of the following files: Family research (1911[copied]-1990), Business affairs ([187-?]-[1975]), Property (1862-1921[photocopied]), Agnes A. Naylor (1911-1930), Benjamin V. Naylor (1874-1919), Donald B. Naylor (1914-1992), Elizabeth Bessie Naylor ([190-?]-1960), George B. Naylor (1901-1985), Grace A. Naylor (1902-1959), Herbert V. Naylor (1913-1917, 1987), Rev. William H. Naylor (1910-1990), Other Naylor Photographs ([186-?]-1929), and Boats and Shipping ([187-?]-[191-?]).

Business affairs
CA ETRC P058-003-34-002 · File · [187-?]-[1975]
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file consists of primary source material on the business affairs of the Naylor family in Missisquoi County from around the 1870s to 1975. It consists largely of advertisements for steamship excursions and lumber, shipping receipts, an advertisement for Ile-aux-Noix Park, letterhead for "Naylor's summer resort", and a history of the Vaughan and Naylor shipping history.

Boats and shipping
CA ETRC P058-003-34-013 · File · [187-?]-[191-?]
Part of Herbert Derick collection

The file contains information on various boats, largely on the Richelieu River, from around the 1870s to the 1910s. Included among the boats pictured are the Island Queen, the Ojibway, the Missisquoi, a schooner captained by W. Montgomery, the Daisy, an unidentified barge, the Windsor, and the Majestic. Also pictured is the Richelieu Bridge and possibly St. Johns wharf.

Hugh Allan's steamer
CA ETRC P038-300-04-06-001 · Item · 1870
Part of Townshippers' Association fonds

The item contains information on the Townshippers’ Association cultural activities. It depicts Hugh Allan's steamboat, the "Orford" and boathouse on Lake Memphremagog in 1870.

First Richmond bridge
CA ETRC P049-009-002 · Part · [187-?]
Part of Richmond collection

Item is a photograph of the first bridge in Richmond over the St. Francis River, which stood from 1847 to about 1882. It was the longest wooden covered bridge in the Eastern Townships. Cords of wood are seen piled in the foreground of the photograph.

Donald Morrison collection
CA ETRC P218 · Collection · 1876-[195-?]

The collection contains source material on travel in the Province of Quebec. It consists of a train ticket from Marieville to Drummondville and Canadian Pacific Railway travel brochures in Quebec featuring the Laurentian Mountain District, Fishing and Shooting and Transatlantic Services, and a scrapbook. The compiler of the scrapbook is unknown and consists of theatre programmes, newspaper and magazine clippings, greeting cards, and two water colours, largely from Europe. It also includes references to a Gottinger Corps as well as documents pertaining to the death of Bishop Williams. The collection is comprised of the following series: Train Ticket ([188-?]), Travel Brochures ([191-?] -[195-?]), and Scrapbook (1876-1901).

Railway Companies
CA ETRC P094-001 · File · 1876-1888
Part of Aeneas McMaster fonds

The file contains source material on railway development in the Eastern Townships from 1876 to 1888. It consists of correspondence mainly to or from Aeneus McMaster regarding cargo shipments and other business matters with the railways. It contains correspondence from the following people:
Armstrong, C.
Biron, A.
Folsom, H.E.
Harriet, Arthur
Heneker, R.W.
Law, A.
McFee, D.E.
Morton, A.B. & Sons
Morton, Dudley
Porteus, John
Reeve, George B.
Reeve, John
Sherman, F.M.
Simpson, A.F.

History of railway
CA ETRC P232-003-036 · File · 1877-1998
Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains source material on the history of railways in Eastern Townships from 1877 to 1998. It consists of magazines, newsletters, book excerpts, newspaper clippings, correspondence and other documents related to railroad lines, trains, locomotives, stations, companies, employees and important persons in the development of railways in Eastern Townships.

Part · 1879
Part of William E. Foster fonds

Item is a photograph of a train wreck between Waterloo and Warden in 1879. The caption reads: "Wreck between Waterloo & Warden 1879. Engine former C.V. 'Governor Payne', Joseph Clark, 1849-50. Passumpsic, 'Orleans'. Operated in mixed, Sorel to Sutton. S.E.R. train carrying load of granite for the construction of Col. A.B. Foster's home at Waterloo;-- C.W. Foster, gave the signal 'all clear' when the mixed was on the right of way. This event ended his railway career. Engr. John Daly, killed."

CA SHC C032-S003-002 · Item · [188-?]
Part of Collection Société d’histoire de Coaticook

Item is a reproduced map showing the railway lines of the Eastern Townships, southern Quebec and the northern part of New England in about the 1880s. The railways lines included are those of the Grand Trunk Railway, St. John's & Montreal Railway, Otttawa & Prescott Railway, Stanstead Shefford & Chambly Railway as well as some American railroads.

CA ETRC P016-001-001-004 · Part · [188-?]
Part of Davidson family fonds

The item is a photograph showing the steamer Lady of the Lake on Lake Memphremagog with Mount Elephantis in the background and an unidentified house in the foreground, probably taken in the 1880s.

Horse and cart
CA ETRC P016-001-001-009 · Part · [188-?]
Part of Davidson family fonds

The item is a photograph of an unidentified man with horse and cart, probably taken in the vicinity of Georgeville in the 1880s.

Brookhouse, Newton, 1849-1917