Westbury, Québec, Canada (East Angus) (Saint-Louis-de-Westbury)
1832 - WESTBURY,

T. in the co. of Sherbrooke, very small and of triangular figure, containing no more than 12,262 acres, exclusive of the proportionate reserves, and lying between Stoke, Eaton, Dudswell and Bury. It was granted in 1804, to the late Hon. Henry Caldwell, receiver-general of Lower Canada, and is now possessed by his son, Sir John Caldwell. - The w. side is favourable to the encouragement of agriculture in most of its branches; but the E. side is much inferior, being rough, uneven and swampy. The timber, partaking of the quality of the land, consists, on the first part, of very good beech, maple, pine and birch; inferior kinds only are produced on the latter. The River St. Francis is navigable here for canoes and small boats, and by it the logs felled in the adjacent woodlands are floated singly down to the eaton falls: numerous streams of inconsiderable note fall into that river. A few settlers on the river side have got their farms into a very respectable state. - The population does not exceed 60, but its good situation is likely to increase the number.

Population 56
Corn-mills 1
Saw-mills 1

A Topographical Dictionary of The Province of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., London, 1832

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