Notable Natives and Inhabitants
- Conrad Black became the owner of his first newspaper, the Eastern Townships Advertiser, in 1966.
- Jean Charest, twenty-ninth Premier of Quebec, was born in Sherbrooke.
- Muriel Duckworth, pacifist and feminist, died in Magog.
- Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor, was born in East Bolton.
- Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada 2003-2006, lives in Brome.
- Damian Pettigrew, Paris-based Canadian film director, lives part-time on Lake Memphremagog.
- Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada 1948-1957, was born in Compton.
- Donald Sutherland, actor, lives part-time in Georgeville.
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“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
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