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The Provisional Métis Government of 1870. Louis Riel is in the centre. Photo credit: Library and Archives Canada/PA-012854

1858: Louis Riel & Other Quebec Curios

In 1858, a young man arrived in Montréal, unknown to many but a select few who had seen his potential as a scholar back in Manitoba. This man, Louis Riel, was supposed to become a [read more]

"The Underground Railroad", painting by Charles T. Webber. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

1850-60: The Underground Railroad & Other Quebec Curios

T. A. Wellington

The concept of the Underground Railroad had existed since the late eighteenth century but it was only until the 1830s when its name, part of a code for interested peoples to communicate with each other, [read more]