Tomifobia

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The Tomifobia river is a gently flowing body of fresh water in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. The river is the primary source of Lake Massawippi and is important to recreational summer activities including canoeing/kayaking, fishing (home to brook and rainbow trout), and biking (a nature trail boarders much of the river between the villages of Ayer's Cliff, Quebec and Beebe Plain, Quebec, passing through the hamlets of Tomifobia [Smith's Mills] and Boynton.) Winter activities center around cross-country skiing; the Tomifobia nature trail is host to an annual ski race. A number of rare animal species, including the endangered wood turtle, have been documented within the wetlands of the Tomifobia valley. Cited on maps as the "Barlow" river prior to 1900, the Tomifobia valley was originally settled by United Empire Loyalists. Today the river runs through an area that is mostly provincially protected Green Zone within the counties of Canton de Stanstead, Stanstead-est, and Ogden. The origin of the word "Tomifobia" is likely Abenaki, though its meaning is unknown.

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• Ayer's Cliff, Quebec
• Stanstead, Quebec
• Lake Memphremagog
• Lake Massawippi