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61 Springdale Street

This documentary shows how a canoe is built the old way. César Newashish, a 67-year-old Atikamekw of the Manawan Reserve north of Montreal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum. Building a canoe solely from the materials that the…

Centre Block Parliament March, 1901 - Draped for death of Queen Victoria

Jacques Cartier meets the Natives of Hochelaga (Montreal)

Rear view of the Carlyle House, a historic home in Alexandria. Built in 1752 by prominent merchant John Carlyle, the mansion had fallen into a state of somewhat disrepair and was hidden from the main street behind the Braddock Hotel.

Ad for the Carlin-Hulfish Company, established 1844. The company deals in wholesale hardware goods.

Exterior of of the Carlin-Hulfish Company, hardware retailers. This was the oldest store of its kind in Alexandria.