Catalogs and Research Reports
Directories
Certain archives have been indexed and a catalog produced. These catalogs can be consulted via the following links:
Fonds Station de ski Mont-Sutton
The opening of a ski centre by the Boulanger family in 1960 has profoundly influenced Sutton’s evolution. When the ski centre was sold in 2017, the old and new owners agreed to hand over its archives to Héritage Sutton. These were indexed by professional archivists with funds from BanQ. The catalog describes 5,000 photographs, 8 metres of text documents, some 375 maps and drawings and some one hundred audio documents and videos.
The documents can be consulted by appointment made via heritagesutton@gmail.com.
At the same time that the Boulanger family handed over the ski centre archives to Héritage Sutton, it handed over documents relative to other businesses the family once operated in Sutton; they are found in the following archives:
Fonds Produits laitiers Sutton
Before founding the Mont-Sutton Ski Centre, the Boulanger family operated les Produits laitiers Sutton, a company bought in 1945 from local entrepreneurs. For 35 years, PLS exported to the Canadian and American markets dairy products supplied by local farmers. Notably, they produced powdered milk, butter and chocolate milk.
The documents can be consulted by appointment made via heritagesutton@gmail.com.
Fonds Canada Art and Creative Arts
The Boulanger family bought back two existing industries: in 1955, Sutcliffe Angora which made fashion accessories and in 1966 a furniture and children’s toys factory which Line Bros had run since 1953. It then added the fabrication of rocking-chairs that found their way to many of the region’s homes. Both enterprises remained active until the mid-1980s.
The documents can be consulted by appointment made via heritagesutton@gmail.com.
Fonds Ameublement Boulanger
This small appliance business was started in the 1970s by Robert Boulanger. It was located at 14, rue Principale Sud in a building owned by his family.
The documents can be consulted by appointment made via heritagesutton@gmail.com.
Fonds Famille Boulanger
Harold Boulanger owned a butter factory in Lambton. In 1945 he became a Sutton resident where he ran Les Produits laitiers Sutton. A second project took shape in 1960: the development of a ski center owned by the Boulanger family for more than 56 years. This fund contains 264 photographs.
The documents can be consulted by appointment made via heritagesutton@gmail.com.
Fonds d'histoire orale d'Héritage Sutton (E1) 1977-2023
Another great success!
Héritage Sutton has put online on its website and on that of Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québes (BAnQ), which partly financed its production, the Répertoire du Fonds d'histoire orale, featuring more than 150 audio or video interviews recorded between 1977-2023.
These testimonials from people, most of whom were born, lived and worked in Sutton, shed unique light on the history and evolution of the Sutton community from the early 20th century to the present day.
The documents can be consulted by appointment made via heritagesutton@gmail.com.
Research Reports
Héritage Sutton has also published three research reports concerning burial sites in Sutton Township and one on the presence of the Filtex mill in Sutton.
Les cimetières du Canton de Sutton (in French)
Signed by bioarchaeologist Robert Larocque, this report presents an overview of Sutton's funerary heritage, offers a guided tour of 15 burial sites and makes recommendations for their preservation.
Le patrimoine funéraire de Sutton, Reflet de l’histoire des gens de Sutton - Phase 1. (In French) November 2013
Volume I – Résultats de la recherche.
Historical Research: Jeanne Morazain and Rose Lewis
Field Research: Robert Larocque and Claude F. Gagnon
Writing: Jeanne Morazain and Robert Larocque
Supervision of Page Layout: Dominic Duffaud
This report includes historical research on Sutton’s early English-speaking settlers, the first French-Canadian families to establish themselves in the area, as well as on local soldiers who served in both World Wars. It also features an on-site inventory of the oldest sections of the Fairmount and Grace cemeteries, as well as the Legion cemetery. The report includes reflections on the burials from Sutton Flats’ oldest cemetery, once located where today’s Maple Street Memorial Park stands, directly across from Olivet Church. In a second section, we also conducted historical research and on-site inventories of four small cemeteries: Bennett, Grimes, Morse, and Mudgett.
Le patrimoine funéraire de Sutton, Reflet de l’histoire des gens de Sutton - Phase 2. (In French) January 2016
Historical Research: Jeanne Morazain
Field research: Robert Larocque and Claude F. Gagnon
Writing: Jeanne Morazain and Robert Larocque
Page Layout: Robert Larocque
Volume I – Résultats de la recherche
Field inventory of the Strong, South Sweet, Westover, Pettes-Aseltine, Vieux Saint-André, Burnett and Stowe cemeteries.
Rapport de recherche sur l’implantation de la Filtex au coeur du village de Sutton (In French)
Harpin, Louise, Morazain, Jeanne, décembre 2018.
This abundantly illustrated report situates this textile mill in relation to the railway station area that it took over bit by bit, traces the stages and the different actors in this implementation and describes the working conditions via the testimonies of those who worked there.