Joseph Graham
Sheila Eskenazi

Listing all stories in How Laurentian Places Got Their Names... A Grandfather of Confederation A Kind Benefactor Abercrombie An Ecclesiastical Tug of War Part two of three Arundel Baumgarten's Ski Hill, Ste. Agathe, Part Two Baumgarten's Ski-hill, Ste. Agathe, Part 1 Beaven Lake Beresford Township Beresford Township - Part 2 Brownsburg Canada Chemin Renaud, Ste-Agathe-des-Monts Chemin Wheeler, Mont Tremblant Christieville Cushing, Quebec, Part One Cushing, Quebec, Part Three Cushing, Quebec, Part Two Cyanobacteria Esterel, Part One Greenshields' Point Grenville Geological Province, The Rocks Beneath Our Feet Ivry-sur-le-Lac Job Cushing Junior L'Estérel and Lac Masson, Part Two Labelle Lachute - Or - How Barron Lake Was Named Lake Louisa Les Chutes Wilson Mille Isles Part II: The Scots and Irish Monseigneur 1'Ancien Part three of three Mont Laurier Mont Rolland Mont Tremblant Mont Tremblant Park Mount Baldy Mount Rabbi Stern Palomino Road, Ste-Agathe Petit Lac Nominingue Pine Tree Road, Echo Lake/Lac Écho, Morin Heights Pripstein's at Filion Quebec and Its Symbols Quebec's Catholic Trinity Part one of three Rawdon Rue Préfontaine, Ste Agathe des Monts Rue Sir Mortimer B. Davis, Ste. Agathe des Monts Shawbridge Sir John's Lake St. Adolphe d'Howard St. Faustin St. Sauveur Ste. Agathe's Rest Cure, Part 1 Ste. Agathe's Rest Cure, Part 2 Terrebonne The Devil River The Doncaster Reserve The Irish of St. Columban The Irish of St. Columban, part 2 The Laurentians The Lost History of Weir The Lost Trails of Paul d'Allmen Part One The Lost Trails of Paul d'Allmen Part Two The Maple Leaf Trail The Matriarchs of Mille Isles, Part I The North River The Ottawa River The Ouananiche The Petite Nation The Seigneury of Argenteuil The story behind the founding of Montreal The story behind the founding of Montreal Part 2 Val David Weir Part II: General Montcalm and Weir's Last Stand Weir and Montcalm, Part 1

These articles were first published under the series title "How Laurentian Places Got Their Names" in the monthly newspaper Main Street. Subscriptions can be obtained by contacting Main Street, 614 Robert, Lachute QC J8H 1P5, by phone at 1-866-660-6246, or by email at mainstreet@bellnet.ca.

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Joseph Graham

Joseph Graham has written a book that features a select number of stories of Laurentian places and how they got their names. To learn more, click here.

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