18 NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC 
In the township of Percé the land is exceptionally good, a deep, red soil. 
free of stones; stretching back from the coast for a considerable distance. 
[n the interior of the peninsula mineral discoveries have been made that 
are believed to be important. 
LARELLE 
The Labelle colonization district lies northwest of Montreal. It is 
rocky and hilly but the land is good and well suited to dairy farming and 
the raising of cattle. It is well watered by the Liévre and other rivers 
whose valleys shelter a number of prosperous farmers. 
Other colonization regions similar in character to the Labelle territory 
are, the Gatineau region west of Labelle county and the Mattawinie 
district north of Joliette. Additional information and full particulars 
respecting any locality can be obtained by writing the Department of 
Colonization. Mines and Fisheries, Quebec. 
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS 
The name Eastern Townships has been applied for years to the 
aggregation of townships in the counties of Brome, Compton, Drummond, 
Arthabaska, Mégantic, Missisquoi, Richmond, Wolfe, Shefford, Sherbrooke, 
and Stanstead. The area of this district, which is one of the most fertile 
of the Dominion of Canada, comprises 4,444,668 acres, with a population 
of about 264,000. As early as 1784 a settlement was established on the 
shore of Missisquoi bay by a hardy band of pioneers, chiefly United Empire 
Loyalists, who had served on the British side in the American revolution. 
They purchased land at 50 cents an acre. Yearly newcomers arrived 
attracted by the productivity of the soil, so that to-day this district has 
become a well-settled and prosperous dairy farming country. 
Everything that a rich soil and a temperate climate can produce is 
grown in the Eastern Townships. It is an ideal stock-raising and mixed 
farming country. The typical farm consists of 250 acres and is divided 
into three sections, cultivated land, pasturage, and timbered land.