Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada (Shefford)
1832 - Shefford,
township, in the co. of Shefford, is bounded E. by Stukely; W. by Granby; N. by Roxton; S. by Brome. The surface is uneven, and towards the west mountainous; the soil in most places is exceedingly rich, but the uplands and high ridges are too stony to be of much value. The timber is almost universally of the best species. - It is watered by several branches of the Yamaska and by other streams, and it is intersected by man roads communicating with the neighboring townships. - The S.E. part is the best and most populous, where some fine settlements present themselves, that are, to the extent of their cultivation, in a very flourishing state. The banks of the rivers display many good breadths of meadow and grazing land. This township is particularly unfortunate in having one-seventh more than any other township laid out in crown and clergy reserves, and also in having three large bridges to support across different branches of Yamaska: the difficulty, and indeed impossibility, of getting roads made across reserves, and the lands owned by non-resident proprietors, must be obvious. - Shefford contains two churches and one resident minister. The village, containing about 25 houses and 120 souls, is situated in the E. part of the T. and is called Frost Village, being built on ground belonging to Mr. Frost, to whose exertions the advancement and prosperity of the settlement is chiefly owing. - In the T. are several corn and saw-mills. - Ungranted and unlocated, a few hundreds of acres only.
Population 951
Churches 2
Curates 1
Schools 8
Villages 1
Corn-mills 2
Carding-mills 1
Fulling-mills 1
Saw-mills 4
Potasheries 2
Pearlasheries 2
Medical men 1
Shopkeepers 3
Taverns 3
Artisans 16
A Topographical Dictionary of The Province of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., London, 1832
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