Category: Education

Doctor Armand Voyer

Dr. Armand Voyer (1900-1994) strongly identified with the Eastern district where he practised medicine and where he lived for almost sixty years.[1]. He opened his consulting office in […]

Card of Appreciation Granted to John O. Donigan

John Owen Donigan attended Ives Country School (Magog County) during the 1870s. Below, a card of appreciation of his academic performance dated 1879 and signed by his teacher, […]

Gaudreau Country School (ca. 1911-1912)

The Gaudreau Country School, photograph taken ca. 1911-1912, was likely located on Ayer’s Cliff Road (Magog Country). The teacher (in white, at the back) is Bertha Edith Donigan.

The Merry House

The second Merry house was built in 1821. Of American vernacular style, it is still present in the 2018 Magog landscape at the corner of Merry Street and […]

The Little Red Schoolhouse

The “little red schoolhouse” (in mauve on the plan) was the first school built in Magog in 1824. It was well-established on Main Street (now called rue Principale), between […]

Magog Academy Advertising (1861)

9th and 10th year students at Magog Academy (1906-1907)

School children from the Magog Academy around 1910

The Order of the Sœurs Marianites de Sainte-Croix et des Sept-Douleurs (n.d.)

The Sainte-Croix nuns arrived in 1885 and were the first religious teachers in Magog. They were the first to occupy the College Street School (from 1885 to 1891) […]

The Order of the Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus (n.d.)

Photograph of Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus nuns taken in front of Saint-Patrice convent. They taught there from 1909 to 1974, that is, until the […]

Sacré-Cœur Convent (from 1891 to 1912)

The convent was built on the site of the first Catholic chapel, after the latter, along with its presbytery, was handed over to the Catholic School Board by […]

Father Charles-Édouard Milette (n.d.)

Father Charles-Édouard Milette (1854-1909).