Welcome to the thematic guide on heat waves and cold snaps. The guide contains Background or External Information, and Primary Sources depicting heat waves and cold snaps in textual (often newspapers) and graphic format (often photographs).

To learn more about the resources listed here, please click the external links or images provided to be sent to their institutional pages.

* These sources are unfortunately behind a paywall.

Background/External Information

• DRAW Blog: Heat Waves: Blasts from the Past

Primary Resources

Textual Material

• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Thermometer Reached Eighty Three Degrees", June 5 1923, BAnQ
• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Advertisement: Heat Wave Coming", July 25 1928, BAnQ
• The Sherbrooke Examiner, "Three; Deaths at St. Johns, Que.", July 3 1901, BAnQ
• Quebec Morning Chronicle, "City and District News", August 13 1896, BAnQ
• The Quebec Chronicle, "Toronto and Montreal Also Hot", July 5 1911, BAnQ
• The Quebec Chronicle, "Advertisement: Summer clothes", July 5 1911, BAnQ
• Daily Evening Mercury, "What to Do in Hot Weather", June 2 1880, BAnQ
• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Clouds but Little Rain", July 6 1911, BAnQ
• Morning Chronicle, "The Cold Spell", November 29 1881, BAnQ
• Daily Evening Mercury, "A Cold Wave Coming", January 20 1886, BAnQ
• The Quebec Chronicle, "A Cold Snap", January 20 1903, BAnQ
• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Coldest Spell Since 1915 is Experienced", January 28 1918, BAnQ
• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Cold Weather Continues in This Section", February 6 1923, BAnQ
• The Sherbrooke Examiner, "A Cold Snap Indeed", January 20 1904, BAnQ
• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Overheated Pipes Cause Considerable Trouble", December 22 1924, BAnQ
• Sherbrooke Daily Record, "Five Men Overcome", July 6 1911, BAnQ