Arthabaska County Located west of Mégantic county, Stanfold township, Halifax township, north west of Wolfe county and Wolfestown, east of Drummond county. Arthabaska Village – Arthabaska County First settled about 1807, a small village near Victoriaville. It is now called St-Christophe d’Arthabaska – The latter is practically a suburb of Victoriaville In the pioneering days of about 1825, Arthabaska township was a much larger region, it would stretch to the northeast to Somerset, to the southeast to Halifax, to the south to Chester, to the southwest to Tingwick and to the west to Warwick - Victoriaville on modern maps Arthabaska Township – Arthabaska County First settled in 1802, an area which is today part of the city of Victoriaville - see the latter on modern maps Craig Road The Govermor of Lower Canada Sir James Henry Craig issued a decree in 1810 for the construction of a road between St-Nicolas on the St. Lawrence through the Seignory of St-Giles in Lotbinière county, through Mégantic county to Danville in the Richmond region, the latter was then part of an immense territory known as Buckinghamshire – Richmond became part of a new county of the same name at a later time period – see also Gosford Road Craig Road Ministries Starting about 1830 various Protestant denominations would sent out missionaries to hamlets, farming communities located along Craig Road – Some of the early documents dealing with baptisms, marriages of the Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian missionaries will sometime indicate Craig Road Mission or Missions – Among these missionaries were those of New Ireland Methodist and New Ireland Reformed Presbyterian missionaries Gosford Road In 1834, the Governor of Lower Canada Archibald Acheson, Count of Gosford ordered the construction of a second road, this one between the Seigniory of Ste-Agathe in today’s Lotbiniere county through Halifax, Inverness, Nelson townships and Ireland township at Maple Grove toward Sherbrooke – see also Craig Road Halifax Township – Mégantic County – First settled in 1802 and located west of Inverness, east of Arthabaska county and south of Somerset – Inverness on modern maps Inverness Corners – Mégantic County A crossroad within Inverness township and north of Inverness village on the Gosford Road - Inverness on modern maps Inverness Township – Mégantic County Located south of Nelson, west of Inverness, north of Ireland and Halifax, and east of Somerset - Inverness on modern maps Inverness Village – Mégantic County The population centre of Inverness township – Inverness on modern maps Ireland Township – Mégantic County First settled in 1802 and located east of Halifax, south of Somerset, southwest of Leeds, west of Thetford, northwest of Coleraine, and north of Wolfestown - Irlande or Thetford on modern maps Ireland Village – Mégantic County The population centre of Ireland township – Irlande on modern maps Leeds Township – Mégantic County First settled from 1809 to 1832 by Irish and Scottish families and located south of Lotbinière county, east of Inverness, north of Ireland and Thetford and west of Broughton – Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds on modern maps Leeds Village – Mégantic County Located along Craig's Road within Leeds township. Established in 1809 and located east of Osgoode river, south of Wilson’s Mills, north of Lemesurier and Kinnear’s Mills - The village would later become Saint Jacques de Leeds, the latter located north of Kinnear’s Mills and south of Sainte Agathe de Lotbinière – Saint Jacques de Leeds on modern maps Lower Ireland – Mégantic County A region located within Ireland township near Inverness and Leeds on the Craig Road - Irlande on modern maps Lower Ireland Village – Mégantic County Located within Ireland township on Craig Road and ranges 3 and 4 of Inverness township The village is now known as Saint-Jean-de-Bréboeuf - Irlande or Saint-Jean-de-Bréboeuf on modern maps Maple Grove – Mégantic County Also known as Upper Ireland and located within Ireland township in the 3rd range in the northeast side of Trout Lake - Irlande on modern maps New Ireland – Mégantic County A village within Ireland township on the Craig road north of Maple Grove – Irlande on modern maps Upper Ireland – Mégantic County Also known as Maple Grove or/and New Ireland and now referred to as Irlande and located within Inverness township – Inverness or Irlande on modern maps