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Eastern Townships

British  

noun

  1. an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Three Pines is “a beautiful, beautiful setting, idyllic in many ways, and yet terrible things happen there,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023

If you’re stuck on ideas for your next Canadian travel destination, consider the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

Louise Penny stepped onto the stage of the small Theatre Lac-Brome in Knowlton, a village in Quebec’s postcard-pretty Eastern Townships 70 miles southeast of Montreal, and settled into a leather wing chair amid applause.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

A web of bike trails and designated cycling routes connects cities, farmlands, vineyards and towns in the Eastern Townships.

From Washington Times ● May 21, 2019

The government also determined upon opening up a road to the Eastern Townships, which would afford a direct land communication between Quebec and Boston.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger

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