“Emilie Boileau married Timothé Kimber the physician, distiller, and Patriote,  in Chambly on November 12, 1822.  She was the daughter […]

Katherine Jane “Janie” Ellice was a diarist (someone who writes a diary) and an artist. She is most remembered for […]

Joseph Onasakenrat was a Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) from Oka, Quebec.  He was born just after the Rebellions in 1845. Also known […]

Daughter of Rosalie Cherrier and well-known politician Joseph Papineau, Rosalie was the only surviving daughter of this family of ten […]

Jean-Baptiste de Lorimier came from an important Canadian family with a long traditionTradition- A traditionTradition- A tradition is something that has been done in a community or a culture over... is something that has been […]

Two letters found in an attic in Sherbrooke… July 15, 1820 My dear Elisabeth-Charlotte, My little village of Hyatt’s Mills […]

Hello and welcome to this visit of the Lachine Canal. My name is Chantal and I will be your guide […]

Did you see all that smoke and hear that noise? These new steamboats sure are beautiful. Mr. Molson was the […]

The first newspaper One important element had changed communications since the end of French regime: the arrival of newspapers. The […]

My dear lady Julie, sweet wife, The session of Parliament has begun in Québec City. We are still waiting to […]

In 1820, Lower Canada was one of the colonies of British North America. It had been conquered 60 years earlier […]