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What’s in a Name? Revisionist History
Dan Philip, president of the Quebec Black Coalition maintains that “Changing the name won’t change its history”.
Anglo Vestiges of a Quebec Company Town
Resting deep within Quebec, they sit, a thorn in the side to some, a reminder of refuge to others, deconsecrated and repurposed. Former Anglican Churches now serve as shops, studios, museums, Bed and Breakfasts, homes, and alternative places of worship. In Abitibi, Mauricie, Saguenay and the St. Lawrence North Shore, they echo a world no…
The Lipstick Effect: Beguiling Empowerment, Beauty as a Duty, and an Economic Indicator
Undocumented history alleges beautician Elizabeth Arden handed out thousands of bold red lipstick tubes to New York suffrage marchers as they passed her Fifth Avenue salon in 1912. Photographs of both the May and November suffrage parades show no evidence of ‘painted lips’ on these protestors demanding their right to vote. Arden, herself a suffragette,…
Interview with Mary Haskett: Kept Safe
Good morning Catherine. I would like to ask you a few questions about your interesting historical novel Kept Safe. Did you have knowledge of the weather patterns which you describe in Kept Safe? Absolutely. From 1808 to 1815 a series of volcanic eruptions culminated in the massive eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora in April 1815. These…
Farmborough, Quebec — Erased but not Forgotten
Quebec of the 1930’s was still colonizing crown land, awarding lots of 100 acres property in exchange for clearing and residing on the land for a pre-determine inflexible time period. This Abitibi-Temiscamingue crown land was within the unceded territory of the Algonquin people (2) and part of the Ottawa River drainage basin. There was no public school…
Where did Montreal’s Lac St. Pierre go?
A large lake and river appear on pre-1850 maps on Montreal Island (1). Present day, this area is dry land and accommodates the Turcot rail yard and traffic interchange (2) at the base of the St.Jacques cliff. Had French explorers based their maps on indigenous ‘folklore’? Was this a mythological lake, much like dragons and…
Country Wives and Country Marriages in the Manner of the Land (à la Façons du Pays)
Let’s give Indigenous Foremothers due consideration and respect for their contribution to the peaceful economic development and settlement of Canada. Through marital union in their ‘manner of the land’ they made a significant contribution to the economic development and settlement of Canada. Let’s give these women the recognition they deserve. History is subject to period…
Catherine Grove interviewed by Hilda Frances Young (March 31/22)
…history you were never told…
When Irish was heard in the Ottawa Valley
British compromise with French Canada provided refuge to the Irish.
Victims, Traitors or Seekers of Justice:The Bloody Assize of Ancaster (1814)
Lord Durham’s condemnation of the Family Compact came too late for their victims.
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