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In the new issue of Classic Trains magazine is a picture of a Canadian National freight passing the community of St-Jacques, Quebec in the 1940s. There is a beautiful twin-steepled church in the background with a school next to it. This is what it looks like today:
Not knowing French, I sent an English-language e-mail to the town's website asking if the church was still in use. I wonder if I will get a response. Looks like the railroad is long gone.
In the new issue of Classic Trains magazine is a picture of a Canadian National freight passing the community of St-Jacques, Quebec in the 1940s. There is a beautiful twin-steepled church in the background with a school next to it. This is what it looks like today:
Not knowing French, I sent an English-language e-mail to the town's website asking if the church was still in use. I wonder if I will get a response. Looks like the railroad is long gone.
Yes, it appears that church is still in use, judging from a quick Google search.
I wouldn't put too much weight into a non-response if they don't answer. One of my kids worked on a school project last year on a religious order and their multiple messsages went unanswered and they were in French. Small religious organizations in Quebec these days tend to be understaffed and overworked.
BTW this town was originally settled by Acadians from the Boston area who had previously been deported from Nova Scotia. This happened just a few years prior to the American Revolution.
Corn is also an annual plant, so if you have decent soil and warm summer temperatures, you're fine. Rivière-du-Loup, 2 hours NE of Quebec City, still averages highs in the 20s C (from 70F to the low 80s) during the summer.
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