Eric on The Road

Journeys into the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten - by Eric Model

Sunday, March 01, 2009

A town known as 'Heaven' (Montreal Gazette)

From The Montreal Gazette:

By ROBERT J. GALBRAITH
Montreal Gazette

There's a church in Philipsburg that was once a beacon of freedom to black slaves from the United States who travelled via the Underground Railway to escape bondage and start a new life in Canada.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/town+known+Heaven/1338289/story.html

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