Saint-Eugène, Ontario

Saint-Eugène (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿øʒɛn]) is a rural, Franco-Ontarian locality situated in the Township of East Hawkesbury, within the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in Ontario (Canada).

[1] From 1940-1945, during World War II, the Royal Canadian Air Force built and operated No.

[2] Operating Fleet Finch and Fairchild Cornell training aircraft, the flying school was located roughly a kilometre south of town (45°29′17″N 074°28′17″W / 45.48806°N 74.47139°W / 45.48806; -74.47139 (St. Eugene Aerodrome)).

[9] At the starting point of the Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail in St-Eugène, hikers have a pavilion and parking.

[10] This trail is 72 km long and occupies the corridor of the old railroad, open all year to cyclists, walkers, riders and snowmobilers.

[11] The Skelly Gallery exhibits several artists like painters Bernard Gauthier Pugin, John Greenwald, Brenda Kennedy, Freda Pemberton Smith and Odile Stubborn, photographers Mark Greenwald and Robert Slatkoff and sculptors Elizabeth Skelly and Susan Valyi.

Aerial photograph of 13 EFTS St. Eugene during the second world war.