Raoul Poulin – the later years
1907-1910 As my novel, the long shot, described, the early 1900s were lean years for everyone in Quebec Province, including Raoul Poulin and his family.… Read More »Raoul Poulin – the later years
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Being a Beauceron
Many people have experienced floods, but living along the Chaudière River is a lifelong test of endurance and love for your land. The beautiful Beauce… Read More »Being a Beauceron
Being a Vachon
There were families known as Vachon, Vachon-Pomerleau and Vachon dit Pomerleau. In one generation, siblings could, would and did take different surnames. Joseph David Vachon… Read More »Being a Vachon
1881 Canadian Census
As the population grew, each census told a more complete story of the lives of the hardy, soil-of-the-earth people who carved out their existence in… Read More »1881 Canadian Census
Being a Pomerleau
Members of the Pomerleau family could be found in dozens of villages up and down the Chaudiere River. Many dit names followed the dignified Pomerleau… Read More »Being a Pomerleau
The Dominion Exhibition
On the road, the horses nickered and blew as the expedition entered the congested city of Calgary with a population of twelve thousand. The expedition… Read More »The Dominion Exhibition
The Royal Camels of the Orient
When I was twelve, a student at Saint Anne’s Academy in Marlborough, MA, the school put on a Winter Carnival. The year was maybe 1959,… Read More »The Royal Camels of the Orient
Stereotypical Portrait of French-Canadian Culture
What is it to be a real French-Canadian? Here is one portrait that demonstrates in a highly stereotypical manner the heart of French-Canadian culture –… Read More »Stereotypical Portrait of French-Canadian Culture
Bunkhouse Men
With various construction projects of the Royal Canadian Navy, men were now scattered among hundreds of work camps, hydro or navigation camps, railway camps, logging… Read More »Bunkhouse Men
Teddy Poulin in the shugar shack
Not everyone can say that their family had a black bear as a pet but this family did for a short time. He was known… Read More »Teddy Poulin in the shugar shack