Updated: Monday, 15 August, 2011

Heritage highway, the scenic route to the Pontiac.
Route patrimoniale - maisons et églises patrimoniale de la municipalité de Pontiac (cantons d’Eardley et Onslow et villages de Quyon et Luskville) - Patrimoine pontissois.
Desolé, texte seulement en anglais.
Describes heritage buildings, and information for visitors from the start of Eardley Road in Aylmer, along Highway 148 in the municipality of Pontiac (before 1975, Eardley and Onslow townships and Quyon village), with interesting diversions along the old highway 8 through Luskville village, Taber Rd, and through Quyon village to Wyman.

More information on Herdman (Hurdman) family.

Transcribed 1861 census data for Eardley and Onslow townships (pdf files)

Information on the Municipality of Pontiac
MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais, Québec, Canada
for residents of the region and visitors.

Map

Action Pontiac, news and information for residents, by residents.

Pontiac acting locally, locally recommended tradespeople, security warnings etc.

Reports of Pontiac council meetings etc, by Mo Laidlaw.

July 2008 map of new ward boundaries for November 2009 election

The bicycle trail between Aylmer and Wyman
Map of new (final?) route! March 2011

Articles on local history, farming, protecting the natural environment and local issues.

Arbres notables / Notable trees - big trees, little trees, flowers, fruit, dying elms etc.

Quyon Ferry information

Books about the area, heritage houses and early families.

Onslow and Quyon history.
Joseph Mondion, Philemon Wright, Joseph Wyman, John Christian Mohr, John Egan, Walton Smith, the Prince of Wales, John James Muldoon and Douglas Humphreys Pimlott all played a part. Learn about Pontiac Village, the local churches, the Pontiac Pacific Junction railway, mining and the Quyon ferry.

Eardley, Luskville and Breckenridge history

Gatineau Park. 61% of the park is in the municipality, including all the wilderness area around Lac La Pêche.

Statistics of the municipality of Pontiac.
(Statistics Canada, 2006 and 2001 census)

Historic Aylmer road - le chemin historique d’Aylmer
This 4 minute slide show takes you along the historic Aylmer road - from Symmes Inn (Aylmer) to rue Eddy (Hull), showing some of the older buildings and the generally green and attractive appearance of this route, as well as newer additions. Parts of the road now go by other names - boulevard Alexandre-Taché in Hull, and rue Principale in Aylmer.

History of South Hull School’s first fifty years:
South Hull School 1951-2001

What are the traffic rules for roundabouts in Québec?