Eastern Townships

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 colonies repudiating the last obligation, provision was made by the British government for compensation to the Loyalists, many of whom were given grants of land in Upper Canada, New Brunswick, and the Eastern Townships.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various