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Picard, Socio-economic Development Councillor. trading, fishing, hunting and living seasonally in the

Weedon is ideally situated close to the border area.
and to Sherbrooke, has had ample land, an eco-

neighbourhood project underway and, most In 1875, the railroad appeared in the town, projecting
importantly, according to Couture-Picard, “the the community in an economic and commercial

political will necessary to accept and support such a boom. During the 20th century, with the province’s

project.” road development, the road 112 appeared in the
center of Weedon, bringing hundreds of new

consumers in its commercial center. Considering
History its geographical location, being in the center of a

rural area parceled by little towns, Weedon became

Even before the town was officially founded in 1841, an epicenter, developing a broad scale of public
First Nations had been occupying the territory for services we’d normally only find in a bigger town,

thousands of years. The Abenakis were already like access to basic public services like education,

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