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Friday, February 15, 2008
A new friend
Hello, everybody!
A few days while I was talking with historian Michel Vigneault sport, I was part of a new blog on the history of hockey in Quebec City. Today, by browsing my e-mails, I noticed a message from Marc Durand, a journalist with Radio-Canada.
Marc Durand is an avid history, hockey and the city of Quebec. He is the author of a blog named in honour of the hockey team in Quebec Bulldogs.
Particularly well illustrated, this blog we do know a little-known facet of the National Capital. Having aims to publish a book and produce a documentary on the Quebec team in 2012, Marc Durand delivers his blog as evidence of its commitment.
There is no doubt, a blog to follow with interest!
Image Source: http://quebecbulldogs.wordpress.com/
Series Imperial Tobacco, C55, 1911.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Holidays snow and ice palace
Hello, everybody!
The cancellation of the Fête des Neiges in Montreal is a sad news this week. It is not for me here to try union demands, as all the requirements of the city of Montreal. I would rather raise only so far in January 1883, various parties involved agree to submit a first Winter Carnival in Montreal.
The targets set by the promoters of the first week of winter festivities are recreational, tourist and economic. A subscription service is being launched with the aim to raise more than $ 5000 required for the organisation of the event.
Sports activities that take place when an international meeting are curling, races and walks on snowshoes. A farce about skating, sledding, games and a grand ball add festive air to this week is unique in America.
But a special stimulates the imagination and attractive to all: the simulated attack the palace of ice. Developed by Montreal architect A.C. Hutchison, the construction of palaces, the Dominion Square, takes place at a cost of $ 2560. In the evening, during the simulated attack, the palace is guarded by a garrison trained militiamen and firefighters.
Then, from the mountains, hundreds of snowshoers gather around the palace. The garrison has quickly moved to barricade and close the doors to protect the palace. At the signal, snowshoers storming. They are equipped with flares and fireworks. The crowd, estimated at more than 50000 people, is a veritable fireworks, as the garrison response in the same way. It goes without saying that snowshoers come to the end of their sentences. Finally, as a sign of capitulation, the guard opens the door to the castle. After the conquest, snowshoers and congregate in the light of torches are returning to their neighbourhoods.
This event takes place a long time ago. Some 125 years later, the cancellation of winter festivities in Montreal us on the meaning of values promulgated in our modern society.
Do you feel challenged for these changes in values?
In reference: Dufresne, Sylvie. Festivities and society: the Winter Carnival in Montreal (1883-1889). Montreal: business, people, neighborhoods, Historical Society of Montreal, Fides, 1984, 290 pages.
Illustration: W. Notman & Son, The Ice Palace, Carnival Montreal 1885.
Source: www.tonpeek.com / acquisitions.html
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe
Hello, everybody!
For several years now, I am a member of the Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe. With a large archive, the Center is a research essential for anyone interested in history and genealogy. Thus, since 1995, attendance Center allows me to do research on the history maskoutaine.
The newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe provides an excellent means of dissemination for researchers sponsoring the Centre d'histoire by publishing a column titled History of here.
This week The Courier publishes first in a series of four articles that I wrote about the skating and hockey in Saint-Hyacinthe.
To view these stories of ice, go to the website of the newspaper at the following address:
Www.lecourrier.qc.ca/edition/2008-01-09/604ch4b.html
The Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe
Www.archivessh.qc.ca
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
The dictionary Janson: looking for
Friday, February 15, 2008
A new friend
Hello, everybody!
A few days while I was talking with historian Michel Vigneault sport, I was part of a new blog on the history of hockey in Quebec City. Today, by browsing my e-mails, I noticed a message from Marc Durand, a journalist with Radio-Canada.
Marc Durand is an avid history, hockey and the city of Quebec. He is the author of a blog named in honour of the hockey team in Quebec Bulldogs.
Particularly well illustrated, this blog we do know a little-known facet of the National Capital. Having aims to publish a book and produce a documentary on the Quebec team in 2012, Marc Durand delivers his blog as evidence of its commitment.
There is no doubt, a blog to follow with interest!
Image Source: http://quebecbulldogs.wordpress.com/
Series Imperial Tobacco, C55, 1911.
Published by Paul Foisy at Friday, February 15, 2008 0 comments Links to this post
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Holidays snow and ice palace
Hello, everybody!
The cancellation of the Fête des Neiges in Montreal is a sad news this week. It is not for me here to try union demands, as all the requirements of the city of Montreal. I would rather raise only so far in January 1883, various parties involved agree to submit a first Winter Carnival in Montreal.
The targets set by the promoters of the first week of winter festivities are recreational, tourist and economic. A subscription service is being launched with the aim to raise more than $ 5000 required for the organisation of the event.
Sports activities that take place when an international meeting are curling, races and walks on snowshoes. A farce about skating, sledding, games and a grand ball add festive air to this week is unique in America.
But a special stimulates the imagination and attractive to all: the simulated attack the palace of ice. Developed by Montreal architect A.C. Hutchison, the construction of palaces, the Dominion Square, takes place at a cost of $ 2560. In the evening, during the simulated attack, the palace is guarded by a garrison trained militiamen and firefighters.
Then, from the mountains, hundreds of snowshoers gather around the palace. The garrison has quickly moved to barricade and close the doors to protect the palace. At the signal, snowshoers storming. They are equipped with flares and fireworks. The crowd, estimated at more than 50000 people, is a veritable fireworks, as the garrison response in the same way. It goes without saying that snowshoers come to the end of their sentences. Finally, as a sign of capitulation, the guard opens the door to the castle. After the conquest, snowshoers and congregate in the light of torches are returning to their neighbourhoods.
This event takes place a long time ago. Some 125 years later, the cancellation of winter festivities in Montreal us on the meaning of values promulgated in our modern society.
Do you feel challenged for these changes in values?
In reference: Dufresne, Sylvie. Festivities and society: the Winter Carnival in Montreal (1883-1889). Montreal: business, people, neighborhoods, Historical Society of Montreal, Fides, 1984, 290 pages.
Illustration: W. Notman & Son, The Ice Palace, Carnival Montreal 1885.
Source: www.tonpeek.com / acquisitions.html
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe
Hello, everybody!
For several years now, I am a member of the Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe. With a large archive, the Center is a research essential for anyone interested in history and genealogy. Thus, since 1995, attendance Center allows me to do research on the history maskoutaine.
The newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe provides an excellent means of dissemination for researchers sponsoring the Centre d'histoire by publishing a column titled History of here.
This week The Courier publishes first in a series of four articles that I wrote about the skating and hockey in Saint-Hyacinthe.
To view these stories of ice, go to the website of the newspaper at the following address:
Www.lecourrier.qc.ca/edition/2008-01-09/604ch4b.html
The Centre d'histoire de Saint-Hyacinthe
Www.archivessh.qc.ca
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
The dictionary Janson: looking for
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