Discover what makes Ogden unique

Discover what makes Ogden unique and let yourself be amazed by the beauty of its territory in this video produced during Ogden en Fête, celebrating its 90th anniversary!

Thank you to the MRC de Memphrémagog, initiator of the project, and to BEAM, the Bureau Estrien de l’Audiovisuel et du Multimédia, for producing this video. Once again, thank you to all the volunteers who made this celebration such a great success!

Don’t look for a dot on the map representing the Municipality of Ogden — there isn’t one. Ogden is neither a town nor a village. Our municipality has no “village core.” Instead, the Municipality of Ogden is best described as a network of small country roads where each crossroads is home to what remains of last century’s hamlets: Cedarville, Graniteville, Griffin, Marlington, Tomifobia, Apple Grove, Gline’s Corner, Ruiter’s Corner, Ticehurst Corner and Comstock Mills.

Graniteville is located at the intersection of Cedarville and Marlington roads. Although the hamlet has always had very few residents, its reputation and name rest on its granite quarries — the largest in Canada. The stone extracted there since 1885 covers important buildings such as the Saint-Benoît-du-Lac Abbey and the Sun Life Building in Montreal. It is also home to a traditional United Church (1896).

Once known as Smith’s Mills, the village of Tomifobia was once home to numerous mills associated with local forestry operations. The railway that ran through the hamlet from 1860 onward made it a thriving village with a station, an inn, a post office, two churches and a school. With the rise of the automobile, however, came the decline of small villages along the rail line, and today Tomifobia is little more than a small residential cluster at the crossroads along the river of the same name.

One of Ogden’s best-kept secrets, Weir Park offers recreational enthusiasts a public beach where swimming is permitted, as well as several campsites. The former federal wharf adjacent to the park provides public access to Lake Memphremagog.