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Timothée Beaulieu
Jul 8, 20202 min read
New France basically created the United States...You're Welcome
Since I’m a total history nerd and live in the time of COVID-19 I recently re-watched the PBS documentary The War that made America...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Jun 17, 20204 min read
Is This New Show A Good Thing? #BarkskinsGate
Over the next few months, we’re going to comment on the somewhat controversial show Barkskins. We have dubbed this controversy,...
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Luc Trepanier
May 30, 20201 min read
3 Utilisations du mot CAVE.
Voici 3 façons d'utiliser le mot cave au Québec. 1er Façon: Nous pouvons dire de quelqu'un qu'il est cave si ce dernier est stupide ou...
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Melody Desjardins
May 28, 20204 min read
Lewis and Clark Were Just a Couple of Guys Copying French Notes...#SorryNotSorry
Okay, fellow Americans: how many of you learned about the epic exploration story of Lewis and Clark in history class? Probably most of...
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Timothée Beaulieu
May 21, 20202 min read
Our Summer Little Canada Will Defeat CORONA!
Old Orchard Beach, Maine is a gem. You got a beautiful boardwalk, nice sand, warmish water (by August), and A LOT of French. The first...
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Timothée Beaulieu
May 14, 20203 min read
Les gangs de la Nouvelle-Angleterre – Plus de trèfles que de fleurs de lys?
À la fin du 19e siècle et au début du 20e siècle, un film à toutes fins pratiques identique à Gangs of New York s’est joué dans les...
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Luc Trepanier
May 10, 20201 min read
5 expressions de la région de la Mauricie
Voici 5 expressions utilisées dans la région de la Mauricie au Québec. Vous pouvez également trouver d'autres expressions à cette adresse:...
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Timothée Beaulieu
May 6, 20203 min read
Gangs of New England – Why so many shamrocks and not fleur-de-lis?
In the late 19th and in parts of the 20th century a version of the movie “Gangs of New York" played out in some of the mill towns of New...
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Timothée Beaulieu
May 1, 20202 min read
There are long lost French towns in Michigan...come again?
Voyageur Heritage came out with a really interesting piece covering the lost French towns of Michigan, First off, what? We knew there...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Le Petit Québec shocks Visitors to South Florida
If you're keeping score at home, Richard Clavet, is winning life. Roughly 30 years ago he bought a medium-sized motel in Hollywood,...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 24, 20201 min read
St Hubert Commercials are Internet Gold...
If you follow this blog for any amount of time you will notice we are big fans of the Québec based franchise, St Hubert. Its a staple of...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 23, 20201 min read
French-Canadian Museum of Work and Culture - An Origin Story Brought to Life
Hahvahd Magazine put together a nice little piece on the Woonsocket, RI, based French-Canadian errr Museum of Work and Culture. The piece...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Do Franco-Americans exist outside the history books? Lacroix says, oui!
Historian Patrick Lacroix has a truly phenomenal blog - Query the Past. A good portion of his blog focuses on Franco-Americans....
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Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 16, 20202 min read
CBC reveals Little Canadas still exist!
Here in good ol' Nouvelle-Angleterre the runing story has been, "there used to be Little Canadas all over New England milltowns. The...
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Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Who we are: Introduction to the blog
Ferdinand Gagnon (8 juin 1849-15 avril 1886) est un journaliste qui a défendu la cause des Franco-Américains. Gagnon rêvait d’unir les...
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