What a lovely little theatre, nestled in the heart of Knowlton. Because there is an English…read morespeaking community here they attend and support all the English events that take place in hopes of having more in the future. This particular play was virtually sold out and everyone enjoyed the antics of one of the actors who was characterizing a ghost jumping into the body of a human. Remember the movie "Ghost"? It was just like that scene with Whoppie Goldberg's experience with Patrick Swayze's ghost. It was a hoot and brilliantly done. The staff of the theatre were lovely and you can tell they enjoy interacting with the patrons. I highly recommend attending any event that comes to this event in the future. PS There's plenty of parking.

The oldest house in Magog is now a museum about the first family of Magog, and it's descendants…read more(and future owners of the house). The good: Lots of original furniture. Lots of original artifacts and tools. They did an archeological dig a while ago and found a ton of things that are now exposed. They have the option of an audio tour, or a tour with a guide (which we did). Tour is both in french and in english. Some interactive parts in the tour. Nice looking boutique. Great service by the employees (also always smiling). Coat hanging area provided. Second exposition about the city's oldest manufacturer available. The bad: You learn about the family, but not as much as the way of living in that era. Upstairs closed to the public (would be great to see an authentic bedroom). Manufacturer exposition is a little bland. If you go in without a guide, the tour will be VERY quick. Road from street to the house is very muddy. This was a great experience! We would definitely go back as they are still discovering things about the owners.

Stopped off on our way from Quebec City to Vermont. Amazing farm fresh food. We had the falafel…read morepita and pork burger. Their n/a rhubarb lemonade as well as the session IPA were fantastic! All was even better as we relaxed on the outdoor patio overlooking the garden where the food is grown. If you are anywhere close- I highly recommend stopping for a beer and some lunch.

We were there on a Friday afternoon, in the period between winter and spring…read more The good: Beautiful area of nature. Animals and birds presents. Walking maps and indicators. Clear walking paths. There seems to be activities there as they are scavenger hunts questions throughout the path. Scenery is terrific! The bad: No bathrooms along the way, so be prepared. The "orange walk line" can get pretty windy. Not much benches or places to sit. Can be muddy. This is such a beautiful place to walk. I can see why it is so popular.

Charming local history museum that is quite the hodge podge, as these places usually go, but full…read moreof little surprises. Of interest to parties with smaller children, there's a four-room Children's Museum (of the classic interactive role playing ilk) tucked inside, which will amuse your 2-7 year old for a half hour or 45 minutes, and which is very nicely done in terms of integration with the historical museum theme. They even snuck in a little display about the use and abuse of orphan immigrants as indentured servants, a Dickensian episode in Canadian history that is covered with both personal stories of locals and appropriately sensitive historical document reproductions, so the parents and older kids can learn something while the youngers are playing. The little suite of buildings -- there are seven, two of which were closed on the day we visited for restoration work -- also makes up an old-style village of sorts, which each of them having an interesting story. The building with the fire tower is unusual, although you can't go all the way up in the tower, you can look up into it. The rest of the artifacts as noted are very much a randomized assortment based on who donated what from among the locals, and are quite busy. There's a couple of rooms of military artifacts, focusing largely on World War I, featuring their unique specimen of a Fokker D V biplane with the only surviving original fabric, a war trophy shipped over just after the Great War and preserved fairly well ever since. There's a display on Reginald Fessenden, a native of Knowlton, allegedly the inventor of the first voice transmitting radio (somewhat hilariously omitting any of the other claimants to the title), which is largely a lot of old radio equipment unrelated to Fessenden, but which is still worth a few minutes. Then there's some random bits - old cobbling equipment, stuff from the old general store, old firefighting equipment -- that are reminiscent of a hundred other local historical society displays. The main building has a display of a (recently deceased) local plant artist which was lovely as well. That said, the hours on this place appear to be extremely limited and it cost us $20 for the family for the admission; it's not that I begrudge the money to help preserve the artifacts, it's just a bit steep for the entertainment value, given that's what we usually pay just for a "full" children's museum that's open longer hours. So temper your expectations accordingly. That said, there's an hour's worth of diversion here for the kids and some points of interest for adults. Better than average for its ilk.

You must definitely visit this museum if you are into transportation engineering and are…read morevacationing in the Eastern Townships. The staff members are very friendly (and are not afraid to speak in English if you do not know French) and the exhibits are very detailed and descriptive. As part of admission, they show you several interactive films as well (in English and French). Most importantly, you get to learn all about the life and efforts of a great inventor, of whom a major Canadian corporation for transportation products is named after. I visited in October of 2017.

We visited ObservÉtoiles during a visit to Au Diable Vert…read more We signed up online based on the online description of it - an outdoor tour of the planets & stars. The website that described the presentation was in English, but the presentation itself was entirely in French. I re-checked their website, and there's only one place I found this mentioned. It also started raining so we left after 15 minutes. As it cost our group of 7 ~$200 CAN, it'd be really nice if they made it clearer that the presentation will be exclusively in French, or let you get a refund when you discover this (they have a strict no refunds policy). I wish I knew French! But, as far as I could tell, it was basically a narrated blurry movie with a "Google Cardboard-style 360-movie". Some goggles were better than others, and one was quite defective (they replaced it, but some people might not have realized). They state "heated seats" but during our chilly, rainy experience, the seats were cold and wet. All in all, I wish this were a better experience - I love astronomy, stargazing, and planetary study. But, for a non-French speaker, it doesn't make sense-literally. For a French speaker, it might be fun -- though I think since it's basically an outdoor movie, a quality movie narrated by an experienced astronomer would be a better experience. After an email, they did agree to refund our ticket price, and genuinely reached out to discuss how they could improve the process. Kudos to them for that.