Louise Abbott is a longtime writer, photographer, and filmmaker who has worked in Canada and abroad, documenting the history and contemporary life of rural communities and investigating environmental issues that affect these communities. She has published feature stories and photographs in various newspapers and magazines. She is the author of three books: The Coast Way, The French Shore, and A Country So Wild and Grand. She is currently producing a book on the agricultural history of Quebec’s Eastern Townships.

Abbott has written and directed several films, including The Pinnacle and the Poet and Alexander Walbridge: The Visionary of Mystic. She has two films underway—Crisscrossing Space and Time: A History of Farm Fencing and The Heart of the Farm: Historic Barns of the Eastern Townships.

Books by Louise Abbott

A Country So Wild and Grand

French Shore, The

Coast Way, The

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