The loveliest lake in the New Dominion : Montreal villégiateurs on Lake Memphremagog, 1860-1914
In the early 1860s, wealthy English Montrealers began to purchase property on the shores of Lake Memphremagog to build lavish summer estates. Each year, these upper-class businessmen and their families would spend a significant part of the summer at their country houses, swimming in Lake Memphremago...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Université de Sherbrooke
2012
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11143/6533 |