DATE FOUNDED:
1981

MISSION:
To collect information that will help residents of Weedon to better understand their history, and to enable them to build the future without forgetting their past.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Archives / Library (located in the Centre communautaire de Weedon).
The Society also maintains historic plaques and monuments at numerous sites around town, including: Parc Central (the old station), Parc du vieux moulin (Moulin Beaudoin), and others.
The Society also maintains an exhibition site at Maison Laplante.

COLLECTIONS:
Publications, documents, photographs, and other material pertaining to the municipality. These include censuses (from 1851), baptism, marriage, and death records from Weedon, Fontainebleau, and St-Gérard, demographic statistics, and other data useful to genealogists and historians. 350 early school books (on exhibit several times).

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:
Regular exhibitions on themes of local interest. The annual presentation of "centenary certificates" to older families in the area. Participation in parades. Involvement in Weedon's 125th Anniversary celebrations, which included assisting in the production of a commemorative book and identifying archival photographs of school children. Conducting adult seminars on local history, and publishing the recollections of former and current residents of Weedon in the local paper, l'Éveil du Citoyen. Providing various services (education, animation, and coordination) to individuals and community groups involved in heritage-related activities. Volunteer-based.

PUBLICATIONS:
Histoire de Weedon en photographies (5 volumes): $5.00 each.
Livre du 125e Anniversaire de Weedon (594 pages): $25.00.
Livre du 75e Anniversaire de St-Gérard (168 pages). $20.00.
Various thematic publications (about 15). $3.00 each.

BUSINESS HOURS:
Year-round: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (please call first to be sure).

ENTRY FEES / MEMBERSHIP:
Annual membership: $5.00.
Access to the collections is free to everyone, but donations are much appreciated. Tax receipts available.

LANGUAGE OF SERVICE:
French / English (available).

HOW TO REACH US:
Address: 209 des Erables, Weedon, QC, J0B 3J0.
Tel: (819) 877-2110 (Thérèse Lavertu, President);
(819) 877-2359 (Rita Goulet, Board Member).
Fax: N/A.
Email: nfontaine@ksh.ca.

WEB SITE:
www.chambres.cc/weedon/societehistoire