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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...

Melody Desjardins
May 28, 20204 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
May 21, 20202 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
May 14, 20203 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:...
Luc Trepanier
May 10, 20201 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
May 6, 20203 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
May 1, 20202 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,...

Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 28, 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 24, 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 23, 20201 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....

Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 19, 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 16, 20202 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...

Timothée Beaulieu
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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