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image by Masao Okazaki,
4 March 2022
based
on photo located by
Dave Fowler, 23 February 2022
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The municipality of L'Avenir (1,307 inhabitants in 2016; 9,910 ha) is located
20 km south-east of Drummondville.
L'Avenir (French, The Future) was named by
Jean-Baptiste Dorion (1826-1866) for the newspaper of the same name. Dorion
defended liberalism with such a fervor that he was nicknamed "the terrible
child" by his opponents. He was among the founders of Institut canadien,
established in Montreal on 17 December 1844. Together with George Batchelor, he
founded the newspaper "L'Avenir", whose first printed issue was released on 16
July 1847. In his newspaper, Dorion pushed separation of the church and the
state, non-confessional education and annexation of Canada to the US. His ideas
became so radical that he quit publishing "L'Avenir" in 1852, retiring near
Drummondville.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/dorion-jean-baptiste-eric
L'Encyclopédie canadienne
Ivan Sache, 24 February 2022
Flag is the municipal arms on white.
Dave Fowler, 23 February 2022
image located by Dave Fowler, 23 February 2022
Source: https://histoire-du-quebec.ca/armoiries_l_avenir
The arms were designed by Fernand Trahan and Jean-Louis Poirier.
Brown is
the color of the soil, rich in sand and gravel.
Green is the colors of the
trees' foliage.
Blue is the color of river Saint-François.
The wheat
spikes symbolize agriculture.
The maple leaf with the bucket and the tap
highlights the fame of the local syrup maple grocers.
The book recalls J.B.
Dorion, who established a print and published a newspaper for which the town was
named.
The keys are a symbol of religion and the attribute of the patron
saint, St. Peter.
The maple leaves surrounding the shield are the symbol of
belonging to the great Canadian family.
https://histoire-du-quebec.ca/armoiries_l_avenir
Histoire du Quebec
Ivan Sache, 24 February 2022