Scotstown, County of Compton, Québec, Canada, Dell Road Marsden Tourists and Futur Part 4

Scotstown

Suite 4

Play of Fabien Cloutier on Scotstown

 

To see the play paste / copy this link:http://www.scotstown.net/

 

Review Lili Marin

 

Intellectual poverty, homophobia, suicide, agricultural pollution... Scotstown paints an unflattering picture of the remote areas of the Belle Province. Humor and some hunting-galleries brighten this dark world that Fabien Cloutier unpacks with verve.

 

 

 

This show solowas first an urban tale, in 2005. Entitled then Ousqu'y é Chabot ?, he had allowed its author to be noticed by critics. And for good reason!

 

He scours, not embarrassing to any politically correct varnish orself-censorship.The character sets the scene aloud, candidly, what many are thinking, but keep to themselves and their families, failing to have access to a "national" forum.

 

This character, a young man probably dropout earns his living through the cultivation of an illicit substance. Where he lives, a village not far from Mégantic, sources of désennuie seem as rare as in the Russian countryside of Chekhov's Three Sisters.

However, it does not waste time dreaming of the big city and moping. There will celebrate Christmas with her ​​"boyfriend" Chabot.

 

The adventures that happen to them, sordid as it is often the case in urban tales, project history in a fantastic dimension. The return to everyday reality is only harder but narrated with equal aplomb.

 

This is the incredible strength of Fabien Cloutier: he manages to keep the drama for nearly two hours, leaving little respite to the spectators, who burst out laughing and exclaim.

 

Because about what was disturbing. Without any complex, the character strikes its truths on large or "SIFF." The language is raw, vulgar, limited torudeness.The lack of vocabulary, which makes the consecrations ubiquitous in all syntactic functions, however, gives a rhythm removing the monologue. This is punctuated by musical flights: parody (Boom Desjardins), loud (the big dirty metal) or emotional (a country ride).

 

These different colors tint the personality of the protagonist, who has nothing to do with a hero, as always in dramaturgy and Quebec cinema. Nevertheless, it is a complex character, almost endearing, with a clear look at his company. His eyes are also very expressive, especially when reports that a Russian think Scotstown Quebec is the place that reminds him of his country's most ...

 

Contact the City of Scotstown

 

Scotstown is a small town in the administrative region of Estrie which nestles at the foot of Mont-Mégantic (Haut-Saint-François), near the Lac Mégantic, which extends over an area of more than 12 km square and has about 700 Scotstownoises and Scotstownois.

 

The coordinates of the city of Scotstown are 101, Victoria Road West, Scotstown, County of Compton, Quebec J0B 3B0

Telephone: 819 560-8433 Fax: 819 560-8434 Email: ville.scotstown@hsfqc.ca website: www.scotstown -hsf.com

 

Lac-Mégantic

 

The Lac Mégantic is 20 kilometers long and 7 km wide at the widest point. It is about 100 kilometers northeast of Sherbrooke, near the US border, nearScotstown,in the Appalachians. Lac Mégantic is located at an altitude of 395 meters, its depth reaches 75 meters. The lake is surrounded by the Blue Mountains and fed by a network of valleys that drain the surrounding forests. A vast marsh is on the edge of the lake.

 

The creation of Lake Megantic date of the Ice Age, when there are some 12,000 years bowls left by the glacier melted, formed bodies of water that have evolved over millennia. Lake Megantic, so is in such a bowl. The outlet of Lake Mégantic is the boiler source of the river and this place is the only city in the region, Lac-Mégantic.

 

The lake takes its name from the Abenaki Namesokanjik, whose translation is something like "full of fish place," however, another version says that the word originally the name of the lake is Namagontekw, meaning "lake salmon trout.

"Astrolabein Lac-Mégantic

Quebec Upper St. Francis River through dense forests in the mountainous hinterland, far from the northern Scottish coast naked. However, the rate of Gaelic once rang in rocky areas and crofters cabins.

 

Farm families in the Highlandsof Scotland face starvation in the 1830s Landowners hoping to profit from the sale of wool to the authorized industry farmland tenants to make room for the sheep. Farmers were crammed into small beachfront lots called Crofts, where they were taken advantage of the collection and processing of algae for soap. Crofters come to depend on potatoes for food. When poor harvests turned them into poor, forced the owners to emigrate.

Sixty families boarded the ship energy in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in 1838 to homestead in the wilderness in the Eastern Townships Eastern Quebec. London-based British American Land Company property rights on Crown land more in the neighborhood and urged residents to build roads, bridges and mills.

 

With much of the Haut-Saint-François district unfit to cereal crops, immigrants turn to logging. Joined by French Canadians and Irish Catholic settlers, the Highlanders built a life based on forestry and small-scale agriculture. By the late 1800s some 3,000 Gaelic speakers populous region.

 

This Heritage Trail leads through one of the oldest of Quebec forestry districts and birthplace of Canadian pulp and paper.

 

Although most of the descendants of Scottish settlers have left their memory is admirably preserved in churches and cemeteries and local heritage groups like the Ceilidh Society of Scotstown.

 

Scotstown is one of the cities of Upper St. Francis region of Estrie

 

The Eastern Townships, also known as the Eastern Townships, is one of the smallest regions of Quebec, with an area of 10,200 square kilometers and a population of 300,000 inhabitants. The Eastern Townships are surrounded Montérégie to the west, the Centre-du-Québec north and Chaudière-Appalaches in the East. It is also a region bordering the United States.

 

The greater part of the population is concentrated in the west, in cities of Sherbrooke, Magog, Granby and Lac-Mégantic. It may be noted that in the only city of Sherbrooke is half the estriens inhabitants.

 

It is a hilly region, since it is located in the heart of the Appalachians. Hydrographic network consists of more than 130 lakes. These features ensure the development of tourism, but agriculture is also present with a large dairy industry. On the industrial side, the Asbestos mine and the largest research center in the world dedicated to asbestos is found in this region. In addition, the Eastern Townships enjoys proximity to the US market.

 

The Eastern Townships has two universities: the University of Sherbrooke French settled in Sherbrooke and Bishop's University, famous English institution located in Lennoxville, a few kilometers from the regional capitalRiver.

Salmon

 

Salmon River is a river that runs through the Eastern Townships. Rooted in the Chaudière River in the Beauce region, it flows into the St. Francis River in Weedon. Its flow is more pronounced than that of the St. Francis River, many spring floods occur in this area.

At the opening of the salmon fishing river and inhabited by trout because of the smelt run down the dam early spring. But this can not go back and stay in the river to live there all year, just like the Massawipi. There is also the presence of rainbow trout rainbowand brown because of some earlier sowings. As in almost all rivers, bass is still present with pike and golden, late in his career.

Rivière-au-salmon

 

Please note that there are several Rivières-au-Saumon on the territory of Quebec. Rivière-au-Saumon below mentioned is Scotstown, County of Compton, in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada

Since the creation of the National Park of Mount Mégantic (MMFN) in 1994 the people of Scotstown Development Corporation developed the concept "of the Park in the Park" with students from CEGEP Saint-Félicien.

The idea was to connect the MMFN and Scotstown, including through a cycle path joining the Walter McKenzie Park Scotstown, the swamp Scots (Hampden) andMMFN.

In the wake of the opening of the Franceville sector Mont-Mégantic National Park (MMFN), the concept of tourist center of Salmon River was born. This is to optimize the tourist attractiveness and diversity of activities offered to the population, developing the city of Scotstown around the theme gardens and the area between the two as a regional park.

The Haut-Saint-François is the promoter of the regional park. This project is made ​​possible thanks to the municipalities of Hampden and Scotstownand several partners, including the Ministry of Natural Resources, the MMFN, DucksUnlimited,Hydro-Québec Environmental Foundation and the Regional Conference elected the Eastern Townships.

The master plan is being implemented and achieving regional park status should be reality soon. The main attraction of the park will be the construction of a multipurpose path 7.5km which will add to the 4.5 kilometers already built in the Mont-Mégantic National Park, leading to the Walter Mackenzie ParkScotstown.Phase 1 of 3 km is already publicly available. This phase also includes signage, information, interpretation and outreach. A parking was built, more benches, picnic tables and bicycle racks are installed in three stops. A gazebo complete the whole.
Scotstown celebrates the Quebec flag for the 65th anniversary of the National Assembly of Quebec

You are invited to come by bike or on foot now, while being aware that this is a project at the beginning of realization. Below the map of the multifunctional trail for planning your visit. Please note that there is an access fee for the section within the MMFN. We invite you to respect the rules, especially for safety during closing periods for hunting.

Already in 1993, the initial development of the master plan MMFN provided for the establishment of a second official access to the park on the north side , to enjoy the municipalities of Scotstown and Hampden economic benefits associated with attending the national park.

 

However, for business reasons, the infrastructure of the National Park of the observatory of the area had to be consolidated before the development of Franceville sector. Following this, the management has been open to consider the development of the new area. It appeared, however, to pair this development to others, to create a critical mass of tourist attractions in the area.

 

Context

 

This concept of Tourist pole of the Rivière-au-Saumon inScotstown,which proposes the development of tourist attractions in Hampden and Scotstown order to promote the economic benefits, was born around 2000, when his committee was created in 2003 . The latter is composed of representatives of the municipalities of Scotstown and Hampden, the Mont-Mégantic National Park, the CLD and the Haut-Saint-François, Scotstown Development Corporation, the Department of Natural Resources and Wildlife (MRNF).

The organization DucksUnlimited,dedicated to the conservation of wetlands, which developed a parallel project to improve wildlife habitat in the swamp of the Scots, especially waterfowl, joined some committee .latest

Thetourist pole of the Rivière-au-Saumon in Scotstown takes a more concrete form in 2004 with the release of the report of the DBSF firmMMFN;.

offers three complementary components:

- the opening of the new Franceville sector

- improving the attractiveness of the city of Scotstown

-the creation of a regional park between Scotstown and National Park, including swamp Scots.

It is this third component of the regional park in question here.

Since July 2009, the Haut-Saint-François hiring a project manager to coordinate the Salmon Cluster's activities as part of the creation of regional park, prepare a development master plan, a development plan and a business plan.

 

Committee

 

The committee responsible for the development of the tourism division of Rivière-au-Saumon in Scotstown is composed of representatives of the following organizations:

CLD Haut-Saint-François (Dominic Provost General Manager)

Haut-Saint-François (Dominic Provost, CEO)

Mont-Mégantic National Park (Pierre Goulet, General Manager)

Department of Natural Resources and Fauna (MRNF)

(Jeanne Theriault and Alain Lussier)

City of Scotstown (Jacques Gosselin, Advisor)

Scotstown Development Corporation (Chantal Ouellet, President)

Municipality of Hampden (Bertrand Prévost, Mayor)

Ducks Unlimited (DU) (Claudie Lessard)

Positions covered

 

Taking into account the potential and constraints of the territory, the harmonious management of uses and objectives of the project cash flow needs, it appears that the project must integrate the different uses of the environment. Thus, the board of directors of the regional park must obtain the management of recreational activities, but also the wildlife (hunting, fishing, wildlife protection) and forestry, while it combines conservation concerns of education, and outreach. That is why we call this park by the designation integrated development of the Territory of Rivière-au-Saumon in Scotstown.

Withholding Strategy for implementation of the Territory of integrated development of the Rivière-au -Saumon in Scotstown.

 

Guiding Principles

The committee of the tourism division of Rivière-au-Saumon in Scotstown has developed the following list of guiding principles to guide the development of integrated development of the Territory of Rivière-au-Saumon in Scotstown and management that will be made ​​of an optimal balance between the protection and enhancement of the environment.

 

Integrated and harmonious management of land uses (recreational, wildlife, forest, etc.).

 

Complementarity of the offer with that of MMFN and the city of Scotstown.

 

Access to the territory for local customers, regional and tourism.

 

Maximization of local and regional economic benefits.

 

Social acceptability.

 

Self-financing; financial viability of the project.

 

territory covered

Theterritory covered occupies 38 km2 located in the town of Scotstown and the Municipality of the Township of Hampden, between the village center of the city of Scotstown and Parc national du Mont-Mégantic. Located east of the Salmon River, it includes the entire Otter Creek and the marsh of the Scots that constitute the heart of the territory. The proposed limit is shown in red on the map below.

Tenureland

Most of the affected landconsists of the land area of the state of Municipalities  the ofCanton ofHampden.These public lands occupy 29 km2, over 76% of the territory concerned.

The third of these lands were until recently owned by the logging company Domtar.These lands were the subject of exchange and acquisitions by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Ducks Unlimited. Most of them are now under conservation easements in order to limit the negative impacts that could happen wildlife habitats they contain. Two types of easements restrict the use of land to different degrees. The first related to the land of the wetland and its shoreline 100 m; it is more limited, while the second, more flexible applies to part of the forest environment.

 

The included properties owned by the City of Scotstown and will remain the priority of the city.

This is the case of the Walter McKenzie citypark.

Private land within the identified perimeter cover for their 9 km2 (24% of the territory) and owned fifty private owners.

Private Properties

Private property included in the scope of the integrated development of the Territory of Rivière-au-Saumon in Scotstown have been due to their geographical position, because they are isolated on public lands or that they are the link between the heart of the territory and, firstly the City of Scotstown, secondly the Salmon River and finally the Parc national du Mont-Mégantic. The inclusion of these lands to the perimeter of the park has no impact on the land or on their ownersRoad.

Dell  - Cemetery Road - Way of the graveyard Dell

 

Dell Road Cemetery

is essentially the result of a significant emigration of Scots in 1874, the majority coming from the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides. Poor inhabitants, and Irish language early Presbyterian thesis paid for their blood dreams, sweat and tears.

Today, in the hollow sheltered Mont-Mégantic, they enjoy exceptional year view of the surrounding landscape is near the ecological reserve Samuel Brisson municipality, one can observe species where several birds, wildlife and dense forests of the Appalachians.

How to get to Scotstown and other municipalities from Sherbrooke

From Sherbrooke, take Route 143 South Lennoxville. Follow Route 108 East to Bury where you take Route 214 in Scotstown. Go-through town and cross the bridge. There will be a waterfall on your right. Not far away, a road on your left called Dell Road. Turn on this road. You Will Go about 12 km in the forest and then you will see a sign saying Dell cemetery on your right onto Cemetery Road (Cemetery Road). The cemetery is 2 km, it is this way.

This is another Burying Ground (cemetery) of Scottish settlers and their descendants, with many of those buried here are from the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides Scotland. He started "appears to have used about 1862 hours today. It is very well maintained and has a closing door and Nice and the guest book.

All the stones are legible and none the Fallen or in need of repair at that time.

Susan Nutbrown, Gary MacDonald and I walked and read this cemetery in August 2006 and has a complete record of 323 tombstones.

After discovering other documents of this entire region

Alain Laprise   

http://www.stjosephdesmonts.com/SCOTSTOWN/histoire.htm

http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/frontenac/dell/index.htm
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http://www.cantonhampden.com/2-Histoire_canton_Hampden.html

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