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Melbourne
CA ETRC P997-001-02-008 · File · 1936
Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Textual Records collection

The file contains primary source information relating to land in the Township of Melbourne in 1936. It consists of a deed documenting a sale of rights by A.G. Stalker and Arthur Castonguay (Windsor Paper Mill) to Dallas Grant (Canada Paper Company) dated December 4, 1936, for several lots in ranges 5, 6, and 7 in the Township of Melbourne.

Curtis Ross
CA ETRC P260-001-001 · File · [ca. 1920s], 1942
Part of Alberta Everett collection

The file contains primary source information on Curtis Ross from about the 1920s to 1942. It consists of a Certificate of Honour from the Government of the Dominion of Canada for investing in the Second Victory loan, accompanied by a 1923 Canadian two dollar bill. It also consists of two black and white photographs: one of Curtis Ross and one of his blacksmith shop in Bulwer.

CA ETRC P232-003-072 · File · 1967-1969
Part of Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-St-François collection

The file contains source material on historical research of various subjects from 1967 to 1969. It consists of the following research documents: Au Township D’Eaton, Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire de Sawyerville, Messire A. E. Dufresne et Les Anglo-Protestants, La Mine de Chesham, Avenement des Chemins de Fer dans Les Townships, Quelques Sources de Renseignements en Histoire Regionale et en Genealogie.

Mining
CA ETRC P006-005-002 · File · 1888-1910
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on Cecil H. Bowen's involvement in mining from 1888 to 1910 in Newfoundland, Brazil and the Eastern Townships. It consists of correspondence, prospectuses, accounts, sample analyses, geological reports, and accounts related to the Standard Pyrites Company, which operated a limestone and slate mine in Newfoundland in the 1890s and 1900s. It also includes the rules and regulations of the Pilley's Island (Newfoundland) Board of Health, of which C.H. Bowen was Chairman, correspondence and a travel visa regarding the operation of the Barcellos Gold Mines Ltd. in Brazil from 1889 to 1892 and correspondence and a map related to Cecil's mining rights in the Eastern Townships, particularly in the area of South Ham.
The Pyrites Company was a mining venture Cecil H. Bowen pursued with his brother, Francis (aka Frank) Arthur Bowen.