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Farnham, Québec, Canada

Farnham, a town in Missisquoi county, Quebec, on the Yamaska river and on the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways, 17 miles from St. Johns, and 43 miles from Montreal East. It was incorporated as a town in 1876, and its name is taken from the little town of Farnham in Surrey, England. It is an important industrial, commercial, and railway centre, and its principal establishments are a beet-sugar refinery, a peat bog, a large creamery, an experimental tobacco farm controlled by the federal government, and several mills and factories.

faculty.marianopolis.edu/ c.belanger/ quebechistory/ encyclopedia/ Farnham-QuebecHistory.htm

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  • 1832 - FARNHAM,
    township, in the co. of Shefford, is bounded N. by the T. of Granby and the s angle of the S. of St. Hyacinthe; S. by Stanbridge and Durham; E. by...Read MORE...


  • 1847 - Église de Saint-Romuald established at Farnham

    www.gcatholic.org

  • Farnham, Québec, Canada
    Église de Saint-Romuald, est. 1847
    500, rue Saint-Hilaire, Farnham, QUÉBEC
    Source: Google maps

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  • 1867 - East Farnham / Farnham Centre
    "EAST FARNHAM. A pretty active village in the township of Farnham, Missisquoi County, 4£ miles from Sweetsburg, 11 miles from Farnham Station, and 12 ...Read MORE...


  • 1876 - Farnham incorporated as a town

    faculty.marianopolis.edu/ c.belanger/ quebechistory/ encyclopedia/ Farnham-QuebecHistory.htm

  • Farnham, Québec, Canada
    Vac du pont sur la riv. Yamaksa, Farnham, P.Q.
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  • Farnham, Québec, Canada
    Yamaska River, Farnham, Que.
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  • Farnham, Québec, Canada
    Anglican Church (Church of England)
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  • Farnham, Québec, Canada
    Greetings from Franham, Que.
    Where the world is at its best.
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  • News 1916 - HOSPITAL FIRE FATAL TO ELEVEN. ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL AT FARNHAM, QUEBEC, DESTROYED. FIRE ESCAPES INADEQUATE.
    INVESTIGATION WILL START IMMEDIATELY TO DETERMINE RESPONSIBILITY - TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN LEAPING FROM THE BUILDING.

    Farnham,...Read MORE...


  • 1916
    Farnham, a banking post-town of Missisquoi co., Quebec, on the Canadian Pacific and the Central Vermont Rs., 15 miles SE. of Granby. It has...Read MORE...


  • Farnham, Québec, Canada
    The Home of Paramount Productions, Farnham, Que.
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  • 1949 - Canadian Pacific Railway station at Farnham destroyed by fire

    historicplaces.ca/ en/ rep-reg/ place-lieu.aspx?id=7101

  • Farnham
    Farnham, Qué, Town, pop 7809 (2006c), 7747 (2001c), inc 1876. Farnham is located about 65 km southeast of Montréal on the banks of the Yamaska River, ...Read MORE...




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Farnham, Québec, Canada

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Église de Saint-Romuald, est. 1847
500, rue Saint-Hilaire, Farnham, QUÉBEC
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Farnham, Québec, Canada

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Vac du pont sur la riv. Yamaksa, Farnham, P.Q.

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Yamaska River, Farnham, Que.

Farnham, Québec, Canada

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Anglican Church (Church of England)

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Greetings from Franham, Que.
Where the world is at its best.

Farnham, Québec, Canada

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The Home of Paramount Productions, Farnham, Que.

Farnham, Québec, Canada

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History, News and Stories of Farnham, Québec, Canada

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  • 1832 - FARNHAM,
    township, in the co. of Shefford, is bounded N. by the T. of Granby and the s angle of the S. of St. Hyacinthe; S. by Stanbridge and Durham; E. by... Read MORE...

  • 1847 - Église de Saint-Romuald established at Farnham

    www.gcatholic.org
  • 1867 - East Farnham / Farnham Centre
    "EAST FARNHAM. A pretty active village in the township of Farnham, Missisquoi County, 4£ miles from Sweetsburg, 11 miles from Farnham Station, and 12 ... Read MORE...

  • 1876 - Farnham incorporated as a town

    faculty.marianopolis.edu/ c.belanger/ quebechistory/ encyclopedia/ Farnham-QuebecHistory.htm
  • Farnham
  • 1916
    Farnham, a banking post-town of Missisquoi co., Quebec, on the Canadian Pacific and the Central Vermont Rs., 15 miles SE. of Granby. It has... Read MORE...

  • News  1916 - HOSPITAL FIRE FATAL TO ELEVEN. ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL AT FARNHAM, QUEBEC, DESTROYED. FIRE ESCAPES INADEQUATE.
    INVESTIGATION WILL START IMMEDIATELY TO DETERMINE RESPONSIBILITY - TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN LEAPING FROM THE BUILDING.

    Farnham,... Read MORE...

  • 1949 - Canadian Pacific Railway station at Farnham destroyed by fire

    historicplaces.ca/ en/ rep-reg/ place-lieu.aspx?id=7101
  • Farnham
    Farnham, Qué, Town, pop 7809 (2006c), 7747 (2001c), inc 1876. Farnham is located about 65 km southeast of Montréal on the banks of the Yamaska River, ... Read MORE...

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