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
There are many methods that First Nation people used for making pemmican. The following is one description of how my Abenaki great grandmother, Celanire Vachon,… Read More »Abenaki Pemmican
Known as boudin noir among French Canadians, blood sausage is a wonderful source of protein. The following is one method for making blood sausage. There… Read More »Blood Sausage
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
The heartwarming smell of bannock in the skillet on a cold morning still captures the heart of many woodsmen. Measure flour, salt, and baking… Read More »Bannock
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
Cecile Poulin shared her story of her brother, Blaise, the Great Rabbit Hunter when he was about 16 years old. He often left for 1-2… Read More »Blaise Poulin
While living in Coventry, Vermont, the Raoul Poulin family had a black bear for a few years. This was about 1929. In Newport, some men… Read More »Teddy Poulin
Thanks for stopping by and exploring the Pioneers of the Beauce, a fertile valley in southern Quebec. The Beauce Valley was originally populated by Abenaki,… Read More »Welcome to the Beauce Valley
In the quaint village of Saint Joseph de Beauce, the Chaudiere River runs north easterly, eventually joining the brackish waters of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.… Read More »The Land of Lost Time