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Biographical note
Founded in 2000, the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) is a non-profit, non-partisan province-wide organization engaged with its members in the preservation of the built, cultural and natural heritage of Quebec. QAHN aims to promote a greater understanding of the history of Quebec’s English-speaking communities by informing, inspiring and connecting people through its activities. Matthew Farfan, the author of this text, is the (now) former President of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. He is currently President of the Stanstead Historical Society and the Colby-Curtis Museum in Stanstead, Quebec, and Executive Director of the Quebec Heritage News, QAHN’s quarterly magazine, based in Sherbrooke. The above article appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of Quebec Heritage News, QAHN’s quarterly magazine.
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