There were also certainly bears on Mont Sutton (then called Roundhead), and in the vicinity of Glen Sutton, and Dunkin in the 1950's and 1960's. My father used to go bear hunting during that period, but I don't think he ever shot one! There was always the danger when one went to collect wild blackberries and raspberries that bears would be in the area. Sheila Wilton New Zealand ---------- > From: Melody Campagna <droponin@home.com> > To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fw: [QC-ETANGLO] nespapers > Date: Friday, 24 March 2000 03:41 > > I think the articles are of great interest and when I lived there from the > 1950's till 1973 there were definitely bears on Stoke Mountain in Compton > County where I lived. A lion also escaped from Granby zoo one time and we > all thought we had lions for a bit as the Zoo didn't want to panic any one > so they never released the news till the lion was caught.LOL It was found on > Bruce Rowe's farm two farms from ours. That was also on Stoke Mountain. That > would be in the late 60's or early 70's. > Melody(Knapp) Campagna > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/m/Melody-A-Campagna/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Labelle <rlabelle@virtuel.collegebdeb.qc.ca> > To: <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:43 PM > Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] nespapers > > > > Very interesting and quite a surprise too. Thanks to you. > > > > Richard Labelle > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Pennie Redmile <predmile@total.net> > > To: <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:31 PM > > Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] nespapers > > > > > > > Hello Listers, > > > > > > Today I was at the National Library of Quebec & was looking at some old > > > Granby Leader Mail/s ! I don't have much time to do this.. but in the > > > future I'll cull out anything I see of interest - that is "different" . > > > > > > 1896, Oct 3 page 3 under the heading "among our neighbours" > > > Chester Aiken of Dunkin caught a 300 lb black bear the other day. > > > +++++++ > > > > > > 1896 Oct 3 & Oct 4 - two mentions of Mr LS Channell of the Cookshire > > > Chronicle is obliged to go to Colorado on account of his health which > is > > > very bad. He will be there until Spring. > > > > > > ++++++ > > > > > > If you want me to cull out anything like this that I see -- in E Twps > > > papers..in the future..I'll do so. Haven't a lot of time to give this > but > > > it might prove interesting to everyone to see different items that give > a > > > broader view of what life was like in the E Twps yrs ago. I don't think > > we > > > had bears this far west --in my life time.. though anyone who's read the > > > local histories knows they were there in the early yrs. > > > > > > Bye now..Pennie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >