Here Comes the Sun! The Townships Sun

 

Ever since I began writing about Lanark County– which is a hop skip and jump west of the Ottawa region I have discovered many fellow ex-pats from the Eastern Townships in Quebec.

The day I went hunting for information about a headstone belonging to William Davis that had been kept in a basement and ended up at the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum was THE day that confirmed to me that there was quite the percentage of Eastern Townshippers in Lanark County.

Gary Leach, the warden of the St. James Church of England, in Franktown, Ontario took my Tilting the Kilt book to put in the church lending library. Within 48 hours I had calls from former townshippers wanting to know where they could get my book on Cowansville High School. This year I have had many requests from folks in my county to write about the townships, so I try to do one every few days. Of course not all of them will be straight-lace historical as I believe you need to be entertained to read and remember.

Barbara Heath, senior editor of The Townships Sun, saw my stories on the People From the Eastern Townships Facebook page and asked to print some of them. I don’t have to tell you I was honoured to be published in this little magazine that could that publishes 9 times a year. I write to share and I believe sharing with everyone will enrich everyone’s knowledge.

The Townships Sun is a small publication (since 1972) and they are not online, so if you decide to forgo a few Tim Horton’s treats this week sign up for a subscription to this wonderful little magazine. I am all about helping as you well know, and if you want to support  this little Eastern Townships magazine–the subscription rates are below.

Lanark County and the Eastern Townships both have scenery that will take your breath away and offer many road trips that lead to incredible vistas and historic villages. Lanark County and the Eastern Townships both promise many memories to take home.

 

Want to know about The Eastern Townships? Click here

Want to know more about Lanark County? Click here

 

Subscribing to The Townships Sun means getting convenient, to-your-door delivery of the magazine that delivers a compelling portrait of life in one of the most beautiful regions in the world — nine times a year!

It’s also a way to support a decades-old tradition of great journalism, keen insight, and a commitment to the culture of an English-speaking community that dates back hundreds of years.

For a one-year subscription, send a check or money order for $25 ($30 USA)  to:

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The Townships Sun
P.O. Box 28
Sherbrooke, QC  J1M 1Z3

Be sure to include your name and home address!

email is: contact@townshipssun.ca

 

 

 

The Townships Sun (since 1972) is part of the QCNA

The Quebec Community Newspapers Association (QCNA) is dedicated to the professional and economic development of English community newspapers and their enterprises serving minority communities in Quebec. Recognized as the official representative of Quebec’s official language community newspapers by the federal and provincial governments, the public, and by the vast majority of Quebec’s community press whether independent, corporate, or not for profit, the QCNA is as unique as the members it serves. The association’s English and bilingual publications distribute weekly, biweekly, monthly and daily to some 770,000 readers across the province. These publications serve an exclusive English and bilingual readership in their communities through their focus on relevant local news and high editorial-to-advertising ratio. In fact, three out of five English-speaking residents read their local community newspaper.

The Quebec Community Newspapers Association provides advocacy, government representation, marketing and promotion for Quebec’s community newspapers and, among other things, highlights newspaper challenges in official language markets and provides possible solutions and establishes partnerships that will benefit members and the association.

 

Lanark County’s own former Eastern Townshipper Mac Knowles.

 

Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read.

Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in Hometown News and now in The Townships Sun