Brome-missisquoi atlas and web series

The Brome-missisquoi MRC recently unveiled the final version of its Landscape Atlas, the first work of its kind covering the territory of an MRC in Quebec. The document is intended to be a key to understanding and acting on the incredible diversity of Brome Missisquoi landscapes. At the same time, the MRC presented the project “Landscapes in series” which highlights the panoramas of Brome-missisquoi through five panoramic frescoes and a web series.

The atlas: A reference document to better understand our territory

The Brome-missisquoi landscape atlas, produced by the cooperative Les Mille Lieux, is based on three main themes: Geographic understanding, which describes the physical elements and entities that make up the landscape (mountain, plain, valley, etc.), temporal understanding, which follows the evolution of our landscapes from colonization to today, and social understanding, i.e. how citizens perceive the landscapes around them and their emotional attachment to them. In all, more than 800 citizens and community stakeholders were consulted through various means (online surveys, participatory workshops, interviews, etc.) during the development of this unique reference document.

This work therefore aims to immerse itself in the territory, to go to the various landscapes in order to better understand them and to provide concrete courses of action to better conserve the systems that are most valuable to citizens. “The landscape atlas is an extraordinary tool and a vector of knowledge transmission that allows us to better understand what our landscapes were and what they have become. It will also help us better plan what they will become in the coming years,” said Patrick Melchior, Prefect of the MRC Brome-missisquoi in a press release.

“It will be important for municipalities and organizations involved in land use planning to take ownership of it and work together to put in place measures to respond to the many courses of action proposed,” Melchior also noted.

This new tool will become a reference and will also serve as a backdrop in the reflections surrounding the revision of the MRC’S development plan planned for 2021.

A few dozen hard copies will be distributed in the municipalities of the region, as well as to key stakeholders. An electronic version is also available on the Paysagesenserie.com portal as well as on the MRC’S website.

Five great landscapes in five episodes To enhance the landscapes of BromeMissisquoi, the MRC also unveiled the “Serial Landscapes” project. Sutton artist Stéphane Lemardelé and his multidisciplinary team travelled through our territory to immortalize the residents and the landscapes with the help of drawings and videos. The result is magnificent illustrations as well as a five-part web series featuring each of the great Brome-missisquoi landscapes as identified in the atlas. A few well-known local residents such as author Louise Penny and artist Raoul Duguay make an appearance. The series is available on Paysagesenserie.com.

Five panoramic frescoes of approximately one-metre high by 11-metres long have also been produced and will be broadcast next summer in the various municipalities of the territory, to allow citizens and visitors to appreciate their landscapes from a new angle.

The Brome-missisquoi Landscape Atlas and the “Serial Landscapes” project were partly funded by the 20182020 cultural development agreement with the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications.

Broadcast dates of the episodes of the web series :

St. Lawrence Lowlands: November 12 Appalachian foothills: November 12 Appalachian Bars and Furrows: November 19

Mount Brome: November 26th Appalachian Massifs: December 3

For more information visit Paysagesenserie.com.