Brome Duck Culinary Art |Eastern Townships|Estrie |North Hatley|Lodging In Southern Quebec Created in 1971 through the merger of seven towns (Knowlton, WestBrome, Foster, Fulford, Iron Hill, Bondville and East Hill), Lac-Brome surrounds Brome Lake. This is a reference to a village of Suffolk County, England. Local citizens have created a heritage circuit to guide visitors. The largest part of the municipality, the elegant Victorian village of Knowlton, is famous for its Loyalist heritage and Anglo-Saxon ambience. It was established upon the arrival of Colonel Paul Holland Knowlton, who came from Vermont and who had built a flourmill by 1836, a sawmill and a store. Other additions - including a grain mill, blacksmith shop and general store - quickly became prosperous and popular, transforming Knowlton into a small upper-class village by the end of the 19th century. In 1894, Knowlton inaugurated the first free public library in Quebec, the Pettes Library. In 1855, the village, a regional centre for telegraph reception, became equipped with a post office and an inn and became the seat of Brome County government. Since 1867, vacationers have been attracted to Knowlton - the Canadian Handbook Tourist Guide was already describing it as far from average. Splendid residences were built around the lake from 1920 onwards, hidden discreetly behind hedges of cedar or imposing walls of stone. Today, the quality and the originality of its restaurants and its gift, craft, and antique shops charm visitors. The centre of the village is alive with a waterfall, to the great pleasure of strollers benefiting from the quiet and greenery of Coldbrook Park. Every autumn, a multi-restaurant gastronomical event celebrates the world-famous Brome duck culinary art, turning the centre of the village into an immense country-style festival. At Christmas, businesses and residences alike blossom with fabulous decorations, granting a vision of Christmas in a bygone era. Foster and Highwater are former railway stations, around which some hotels and houses have sprung up. Foster Station (1862) is the standard model of stations found along the Canadian Pacific railway at the beginning of the 20th century, and efforts to conserve it have been commendable. Built on the banks of the Yamaska River, the small hamlet of Fulford emerged in 1858 with the construction of a large tannery. In 1881, the economic activity of the village was reinforced with a sawmill. Two Protestant churches serve the community. The village of West Brome was also colonized very early by Loyalists. On McCurdy Street, between Route 139 and Durkee Street, you'll see a variety of typical clapboard houses. Also not to be missed: a wooden chapel dating back to 1885 and a neo-classical general store. On the other side of Route 139, a kilometre along Scott Road, is a beautiful round barn. A celebration of the famed Brome Lake Duck. Fine dining making the brome duck into a culinary art , country celebration, concerts and family activities for all during the duck festival. Combining pittoresque scenery with fine food is only natural. Beside traditional family fare, a fine regional cuisine characterizes the Eastern Townships. Products from the groves of maple trees and orchards, wild berries, as well as game and fish have always been used in the making of the various regional dishes. Benefiting over the centuries from different cultural influences, the cuisine of the Eastern Townships surprises us with its diversity of flavors. Chefs have been able to create new, previously unknown dishes featuring ingredients that have given the Eastern Townships its status as a culinary capital. A case in point is Lake Brome duck culinary art which is renowned the world over. |
