by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated Dec 3, 2025 | Family Collections, Stories
Comité historique Saint-Gabriel de Valcartier Historical Committee’s This is a story of passionate creativity, one that spans over 100 years ofQuebec’s history. At each end of the story is a proud English and French-speaking Canadian, linked by a bond unique to...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated Apr 29, 2019 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
Eric Corrigan, on fiddle and Bernie Monaghan, on accordian The taste for traditional Music had declined among our young people to a point where they didn’t want to hear it anymore (it had reached its lowest ebb about 1980). About this time, there appeared on the scene...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated May 4, 2019 | Family Collections, Stories
Milking During the early 1920’s, as I remember them, all the people were dairy farmers and had been following the same system for many years before my time. A herd of 14 milk cows at that time was considered a big one. Herds on the various farms would range from four...
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated May 4, 2019 | Family Collections, Stories
During the summer of 1914, there was a long, hot, dry spell of weather. In early July, the streams, wells and springs were low and some were almost dry. The earth was like a tinderbox. At this particular time in early July, the farmers had begun harvesting their hay....
by Patricia_Balkcom | Last updated Oct 1, 2019 | Family Collections, Stories
On a bright summer day, in late August 1918, four young men decided to go fishing at Lake Michel, situated on the Northwest side of the Jacques Cartier River. They included Charlie and Alfie Cartwright, sons of the late William Cartwright and Mary Anne Hornby. The...
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