Canadian tartans

[Lallans]

On page 11 of this newsletter from Kinnear's Mills, there is a bit more info about the Eastern Townshipper's Tartan. Apparently it was recognized by the Lord Lyon, so you might check there. I think there is a charge for those searches though...

Here is the best I could do for an image:



Any historians or tartan experts care to help with this one?

Amazing, CmcG!

That image is definitely the Eastern Townships tartan, more white in it than I had remembered, but that IS the predominate local colour for about half the year . I was given a scarf made of the kilt material and have it put away somewhere. Memory is a funny thing but I do have a very clear memory that the tartan was developed and registered by a woman, because I remember a writeup about her in The Sherbrooke Record, and also her appearing at cultural events etc. I must have missed a step somewhere; she must have taken up the cause. Well, I was quite young at the time.

I'm told that an image of the tartan is used by an organization called the Townshippers Association; I'll be getting someone to put me in touch with them, since they might be another source of information. Also, that is one great link, one I managed to miss myself and which I'll be sharing with fellow Appalachians exiles. Thanks very much for that.