Potton d’antan – Photos (1-25)

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Cabane en bois rond dโ€™un colon des Cantons de lโ€™Est.
Esquisse de lโ€™illustrateur anglais W.H. Bartlett publiรฉe en 1836.

Log cabin of an early settler in the Eastern Townships.
Sketch by British illustrator W.H. Bartlett, published in 1836.

2

Arpenteur et cartographe du 19 รจme siรจcle dans lโ€™est du Canada

Surveyer and mapmaker of the 19 th century in Eastern Canada
Source: J.S. Murray, 1991, Canadian Geographic.
National Archives of Canada / Negative No. C33398

3

Quai de Vale Perkins Landing. Circa 1910
Le traversier Lady of the Lake et, ร  droite, la maison flottante de M. Spalding de Newport

The Lady of the Lake and, to the right, Mr. Spaldingโ€™s houseboat from Newport.

4

Vale Perkins. Circa 1911
Ethel Magoon, Blanche Davis, Victoria Cotรฉ
Chemin Owlโ€™s Head, la fromagerie ร  droite et, au centre, la maison ajourdโ€™hui devenue le magasin gรฉnรฉral Jewett

Owlโ€™s Head Road looking down towards the house presently occupied by the Jewett General Store.
At right was the cheese factory.

5

Vale Perkins. 1928
Magasin et bureau de poste devenu le magasin gรฉnรฉral Jewett

Store and Post Office and gas station, todayโ€™s Jewett General Store.
Herb Darling โ€“ Fred Towers โ€“ Ernest Magoon.

6

Vale Perkins. Circa 1912
Bureau de poste, la deuxiรจme maison ร  lโ€™arriรจre du magasin gรฉnรฉral Jewett

Post Office, the second house behind the Jewett General Store.

7

Dunkin.
Site de la premiรจre maison de Henry Ruiter chez Merril Sherrer

Site of Henry Ruiterโ€™s original settlement at Merril Sherrerโ€™s.

8

Dunkin. Wayside Inn. Construit vers 1850 par Mark L. Elkins
Fut un relais de diligence sur la route St-Jean โ€“ Troy.

Buil in the mid 1800โ€™s by Mark L. Elkins.
Was a stagecoach inn on the Stage line between St. Jean and Troy

9

Dunkin. Ruiter Settlement Cemetery. Circa 1906
Le Col. F.Woods de Lincoln, Nebraska, et E.C. Barnett identifient la tombe de Henry Ruiter

Col. F.Woods from Lincoln, Nebraska, and E.C. Barnett at the unmarked grave of Henry Ruiter

10

Pierre tombale de Henry Ruiter

Henry Ruiterโ€™s tombstone

11

Highwater. Circa 1930

Highwater. Circa 1930

12

Highwater. Circa 1920
Magasin gรฉnรฉral Gilman

Gilman General Store

13

Highwater. Circa 1910
Bureau de poste et magasin gรฉnรฉral Champion

Post Office and Champion General Store

14

Knowltonโ€™s Landing. 1882
Au centre droit, la maison aujourdโ€™hui occupรฉe par lโ€™Aubergine,
anciennement lโ€™arrรชt de la diligence sur la route Montrรฉal-Boston

Center right, the former stagecoach house on the Montreal-Boston route, now Lโ€™Aubergine

15

Lac Memprรฉmagog Circa 1890
Traversier actionnรฉ par trois chevaux

Ferry powered by three horses

16

Knowltonโ€™s Landing. Circa 1900.
Construction du quai. Charles Ethier conduit le premier attelage de chevaux.

Buliding of the wharf
Charles Ethier is on the first horse team

17

Knowltonโ€™s Landing. Circa 1910.
La famille de John Tuck sur les marches du Pine Lodge (Lโ€™Aubergine)

John Tuckโ€™s family on the steps of Pine Lodge now lโ€™Aubergine

18

Chemin du Lac. Circa 1900.
Direction nord prรจs du Ruisseau Chรขteau

Looking north near Ruisseau Chรขteau

19

Maison White
Construite par Abel Calkins White en 1882

White House
Built in 1882 by Abel Calkins White

20

Cabane ร  sucre White
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Whiteโ€™s sugar shack

21

Affiche du 100 รจme anniversaire de Potton

Poster for the 100 th anniversary of Potton
Brome Country Historical Society

22

Mansonville. Circa 1910
Vue panoramique avec la gare en premier plan

Panoramic view with the train station in the foreground

23

Mansonville. Rue principale. Circa 1915
ร€ droite, magasin prรฉsentement occupรฉ par le Soleil Rouge
et ร  gauche lโ€™รฉdifice du Magasin Giroux.

Mansonville. Main Street. Circa 1915
Right, store presently occupied by the Soleil Rouge
and, left, the Giroux Store building

24

Mansonville. Rue Principale. Avant 1923.
En arriรจre plan, le Town Block et le Manson Hotel

Mansonville. Main Street. Before 1923
Town Block and the Mansonville Hotel in the background

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Mansonville. Le Manson Block
qui abritait lโ€™Hรดtel de Ville avant lโ€™incendie de 1923

Mansonville.
The Manson Block which housed the City Hall before the 1923 fire