The best resource for Quebec place names is the book Noms et lieux du Québec - not only is it the official list of names in the Province, but it holds fascinating bits of history, with the origin of the name and sometimes the first people who lived there. As far as I know, it is only available in French, but major libraries probably have this rather large book in their reference sections. An on-line version can be found at http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/topos.htm As there are names of other small places mentioned and those of some early settlers, I thought the ET List might be interested in this very much abbreviated and roughly translated version of what appears (note that there are many entries for this name - I'm only reporting on the entries for the ET) Newport (canton) canton = township - The name appears on a map in 1795... It's about 30 km to the east of Sherbrooke ... Eaton River and the Sherman, Island and Lyon Brooks cross this territory where the hamlets of Island Brook, New Mexico, Lawrence Colony and Randboro are located. Newport (municipalité de canton) - No longer exists as a municipality since July 2002... At that time, the municipality of Newport, the town of Cookshire and the municipality of Eaton were regrouped to form the new town of Cookshire-Eaton. The name of Newport was preserved to designate a territory that corresponds to the former municipality of this name. ... The name exists in the ET since the end of the XVIII century ... Edmund Heard settled in the territory with his family in 1794. In 1795, he formed a company with Josiah Sawyer ... In 1851 there were 356 inhabitants, all of British extraction. .. There are many hypotheses about the origin of th name ... the official version claims it comes from a village in Ireland, but other versions say it was named for the capital of the Isle of Wight, others claim the name comes from Monmouthshire ... but it also might simply have been named by Loyalists coming from one of the many Newports in the US ...A region known for its beaautiful landscapes and fishing, it is located between Saint-Isidored'Auckland, to the South, and Bury, to the North ... Lorraine in Montreal