Tag Archives: Trois-Rivières

This week’s crème de la crème — May 30, 2015

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs “The Pointe” on the Library and Archives Canada Blog. Site patrimonial de Trois-Rivières by Vicky Lapointe on Patrimoine, Histoire et Multimédia. Finding More Loyalist Claims by Diane Boumenot on One Rhode … Continue reading →

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The devastation of Trois-Rivières in 1908

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Maison du roi (governor’s house), built in 1723, and the Immaculée-Conception church, built in 1710, were completely destroyed. At least 800 homes were nothing but rubble when it was over. This was the result of the great fire that ravaged a third … Continue reading →

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