"UPPER BEDFORD, a thriving post village in Missisquoi co., Que., on Pike River. 2½ miles from Stanbridge, on the C.P.R. It contains 2 churches, 5 stores, 1 hotel, 1 iron foundry, 1 scythe, 2 paint. 1 needle. 1 sash and blind and 1 rake factory. Pop. 600."