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Where
Québec meets Vermont's
Northeast Kingdom
Immerse
in an Old World charm & exquisite elegance.
The
Writers' Retreat suffers no intrusion on inspiration,
no distraction to
creativity. Writing
is your only chore.
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Truly
a world apart from everyday cares !
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The
Eastern Townships region: The harmony of two cultures
Anglo-Saxon charm and
la joie de vivre des Québécois.
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Facility [A
year-round residential retreat]
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Writers' Retreat features three elegant studios and one spacious suite
with private bathroom, an intimate dining
room and a quiet reading room for relaxation and informal meetings
with other residents. The private studios are filled with queen-size beds,
thick duvets, writing desk and chair, quality working lamps and a peaceful ambiance
that ensures a productive stay. Guests
can enjoy the gardens sitting in the shadow of
ancient maple trees.
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Julia Shipley:
On-site mentor at the retreat in Craftsbury, Vermont is available to
assist residents staying at the Québec Retreat.
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TOUR
the Québec Retreat
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You will have:
- A
private working studio with queen-size bed and a healthy continental
breakfast
- Broadband
Wireless Internet
access in your studio
- Library
of reference books
- Printing
service
- Access
to a PC
desktop computer
- Bicycle
and on-site massage by arrangement
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invite you to discover the fine regional cuisine of the Eastern
Townships - the Lake Brome Duck, renown the world over. Georgeville, Magog and
North Hatley: three delightful villages offering a selection of more
than 70
restaurants.
The Writers' Retreat in Québec is
open year-round. Spring and summer are magnificent. In autumn, our mountains and
valleys become a brilliant patchwork of color; the region is noted
worldwide for its gold and crimson splendor.
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It's
all about inspiration!
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| The Haskell
Free Library and Opera House (1901) is a
scale replica of the Boston Opera House and is split in half by the
Canadian-American border. Audiences sit in the
United States while watching actors perform in Canada! The library is split right through the Kenneth Baldwin International Reading
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Photographs
© 1999 John Mahoney |
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Activities
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to unwind, get your creative energy flowing? Québec's
Eastern Townships is an ideal cycling and hiking destination. Visit
regional vineyards, historic quaint villages and local points of
interest. Set your own timeline and capture the heart of the region,
as you glide through its spectacular scenery. Cycle
the Tour des Arts,
an annual event that celebrates the talent of local artists or bike
the green route (directly behind the retreat) which becomes a cross-country trail in
winter.
Enjoy
downhill skiing at Owl's Head, the nearest of the Eastern Townships'
four big slopes or visit Vermont's Jay Peak about 20 minutes away.
On a clear day, we see New Hampshire's Mount Washington from the
top of Owl's Head. In summer, pick among 40 golf
courses. Don't miss the tenth hole at Dufferin
Heights Country Club for a panoramic view of the mountain ranges.
Take the wine route and discover our
fine wine. Visit the antique shops, or attend the
Orford
Festival for outdoor classical music concerts.
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Artists
share beauty...
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writers produce and display impassioned works of
art. A cross-border lifestyle and 200
years of co-habitation between French and English has
created an artistic
explosion throughout the Townships. Literary
dynamism abounds, the region being home to hundreds of
writers and many well-known authors . Undoubtedly, their inspiration
drawns largely from the Townships' beauty and cultural
diversity. Enjoy
our Summer
Theaters and Concert Halls or
the July Circuit
des arts Memphrémagog, a nine-day cultural event with some 80
artists in 60 sites across the Memphrémagog region.
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Where
are we? ("I don't know where I'm at but I ain't lost.")
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precisely on
the border of Québec's Eastern Townships and Vermont Northeast Kingdom—one traffic lane north of Derby Line, Vermont.
We are 90 minutes from Montréal (Québec) and Burlington (VT), four
hours from Boston, six hours from New York.
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The Region
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On Québec's southern border in the Eastern Townships—where the foothills of
the Appalachians stretch from the Green Mountains of Vermont and the
White Mountains of New Hampshire.
The French call the Eastern
Townships "Estrie," or the "Cantons-de-l'Est". The
region is more Anglo than other parts of Québec; its old homes are
mostly Victorian, and its
inhabitants are mainly bilingual. American writers have dubbed it "francophone New
England." Many celebrities—Donald Sutherland among them—now call it home, but Antoine Gérin-Lajoie probably put it "on the
map" in his novel Jean Rivard
Le Défricheur (1858).
"Estrie" is a 3,100-sq-km pocket of rolling pastures, lakes,
covered bridges and mountain peaks with a wealth of history and
plenty of gourmet food.
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For
more, click the Eastern
Townships Tourism Web site.
Closest
major airports:
Burlington
International Airport, Vermont
Montréal
(Québec) – Pierre
Elliott Trudeau International Airport
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