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A captivating region lying some 80 kilometers to the east of Montreal and about 100 kilometers south of Quebec City, the Eastern Townships takes in some of the province's most picturesque countryside, as well as metropolitan Sherbrooke and Magog. It sprawls across 13,100 square kilometers of mountains, forests and rolling farmland, stretching from Granby, through Sutton to Lambton, and Lac-Mégantic. The Townships shares a 300 kilometer frontier with the United States - a geographic reality that makes locals very aware of how life is lived south of the border. The area is also a celebration of bicultural coexistence: a discreet anglo-saxon charm blended with "québécoise" joie de vivre!
It's only natural to combine scenery so pleasing to the eye with fine food so pleasing to the palate. Beside traditional family fare, a fine regional cuisine characterizes the Eastern Townships. Products from the groves of maple trees and orchards, wild berries, as well as game and fish have always been used in the making of the various regional dishes. Benefiting over the centuries from different cultural influences, the cuisine of the Eastern Townships surprises us with its diversity of flavors. Chefs have been able to create new, previously unknown dishes featuring ingredients that have given the Eastern Townships its status as a culinary capital. A case in point is Brome Lake duck, fine flower of the culinary art, which is renowned the world over.