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Notes on Nineteenth Century Tourism on Lake Memphremagog, 1850-1899
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Notes on Nineteenth Century Tourism on Lake Memphremagog, 1850-1899
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| Abstract |
The author notes that nineteenth century tourism on Lake Memphremagog – situated in Quebec's Eastern Townships astride the Canadian/American border – was predominately American. She maintains that environmental and social circumstances isolated the region from the rest of Lower Canada and oriented it within an American sphere of influence. Through an analysis of tourist literature, the author argues that Lake Memphremagog’s tourism was both reflective and constitutive of overwhelming economic, technological and socio-political transformations in the United States. Synthesizing these factors with the region’s physical landscape, the author points out that tourism on the lake provided a culturally and ideologically meaningful experience that people could embrace as a positive consequence of tremendous upheaval.
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Journal of Eastern Townships Studies/Revue d'études des Cantons de l'Est
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Vol. 31
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25-43
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Fall 2008
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en
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Jewett, Elizabeth Liane. “Notes on Nineteenth Century Tourism on Lake Memphremagog, 1850-1899.” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies/Revue d’études des Cantons de l’Est Vol. 31 (Fall 2008): 25–43. http://www.etrc.ca/journal/jets-archive/.
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