Around Lake Memphremagog - Nelson, Bea Aldrich; Malloy, Barbara Kaiser
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Around Lake Memphremagog is a pictorial timeline of the thirty-mile-long body of water that shares its Vermont history with Canada. The lake has for thousands of years played a critical role in the lives and history of the Wabanaki. Memlabagwok-the Abenaki name for the lake-was the waterway crossroads at the heart of the western Abenaki homelands. Since the 1600s, Lake Memphremagog has influenced the development of the northern Vermont and southern Canadian towns and villages along its shores. This combined cultural history and heritage is recalled here through sketches, vintage photographs, and postcards.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Around Lake Memphremagog is a pictorial timeline of the thirty-mile-long body of water that shares its Vermont history with Canada. The lake has for thousands of years played a critical role in the lives and history of the Wabanaki. Memlabagwok-the Abenaki name for the lake-was the waterway crossroads at the heart of the western Abenaki homelands. Since the 1600s, Lake Memphremagog has influenced the development of the northern Vermont and southern Canadian towns and villages along its shores. This combined cultural history and heritage is recalled here through sketches, vintage photographs, and postcards.
Autorenporträt
Author Bea Aldrich Nelson is of Abenaki descent and is the cultural resource manager for the Alnobak Heritage Preservation Center. Author and local historian Barbara Kaiser Malloy is president of the Memphremagog Historical Society of Newport. Both have dedicated years to the preservation of their cultural histories and the history of Lake Memphremagog, which connects Vermont's Northeast Kingdom to the Eastern Townships of Quebec.