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From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Three Rivers - Montreal
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 16:07:12 -0600
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Whoops - forgot that Trois Rivieres (Three Rivers) is DOWN from Montreal.
Duh! Of course one goes up to Ottawa so the name Upper Canada does make
some sense. Really must get a map of Quebec or learn to keep my mouth
shut - am forever putting my foot in it. Cheers all.

Lauraine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Three Rivers - Montreal


> This explains why we Anglos get it all mixed up. Upper Canada suggests
> you went "up" not down - hmm, perhaps there was something snobbish in the
> naming of "Upper Canada"?
>
> Lauraine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yolanda Fountain" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Q-R] Three Rivers - Montreal
>
>
>> Three Rivers is DOWN stream from Montreal, since the St-Lawrence River
>> flows
>> from Montreal to Quebec City then into the Gulf of St-Lawrence and the
>> Atlantic Ocean.
>> Cheers,
>> Yolanda
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dora Smith" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Q-R] Three Rivers - Montreal
>>
>>
>>> Trois-Rivieres is up the river from Montreal, halfway to Quebec, and it
>> has
>>> just about always been there.
>>>
>>
>>
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