Parti canadien

1838: Pied-du-Courant and the Durham Report & Other Quebec Curios

June 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Detail of a portrait of Lord Durham by Thomas Phillips, date unknown. Source: Wikimedia Commons/National Portrait Gallery (NPG 2547).

The rebellions in Lower Canada came to its final, bloody end in 1838. With the defeat of the Patriotes in Odelltown, many Patriotes were imprisoned in Pied-du-Courant Prison [read on]

1838: Another Declaration of Independence & Other Quebec Curios

June 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Artistic depiction of the Battle of Odelltown by Edgar Gariépy (c. 1930). Source: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec/SSS1917.

Lower Canada’s own Declaration of Independence was written by Robert Nelson, an ardent Anglophone Patriote. A look at the document makes it clear that it was modelled after [read on]

1837-8: Saint-Eustache & Other Quebec Curios

June 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Artistic depiction of the battle of Saint-Eustache by Charles Beauclerk, c. 1840. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Violence for the Patriotes had been mentioned as a possible solution by none other than Julie Papineau in her letter to her husband, but only if they were pushed to a point [read on]

1837-8: Saint-Eustache & Other Quebec Curios Copy

June 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Violence for the Patriotes had been mentioned as a possible solution by none other than Julie Papineau in her letter to her husband, but only if they were pushed to a point [read on]

1834: The 92 Resolutions & Other Quebec Curios

June 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Papineau speaking to the masses of followers in 1837. Artistic depiction by Charles Alexander Smith, c. 1890. Credit: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec/Wikimedia Commons.

The violence of the 1837 Rebellions did not come out of nowhere. Prior to the rebellions by force, there were rebellions through the law. In an attempt to get the British [read on]

1831-32: Papineau and Hart & Other Quebec Curios

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

A portrait of Aaron Ezekiel Hart by Dominic Boudet, c. 1831. Photo credit: The McCord Museum, catalogue number: M18640

Heritage Minutes, a history teacher’s favourite video series, can only go so far into detail in a couple of minutes. While it is not exactly Ezekiel’s Hart mere presence [read on]

1827-1834: Julie Papineau & Other Quebec Curios

May 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Julie Papineau, detail of a portrait by Alfred Boisseau, c. 1872. Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 2897920

The views of the Patriotes on women and the right to vote seemed, in retrospect, contradictory when we look at their stance and the amount of support that women would give [read on]

1826: Papineau & Other Quebec Curios

May 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

Detail of a portrait of Louis Joseph Papineau by Alfred Boisseau. Oil on canvas, 1872. Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN Number: 2890428

Mention “Papineau”, and two things might come to mind depending on the context: the man or the metro station. However, contrary to popular belief, despite the influence [read on]