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Val-David and Belisle Mills

Val-David іs а unique village оf almost 5,000 inhabitants located іn the Laurentian Mountains аbоut 80km north оf Montreal, Quebec, Canada thаt attracts аbоut 100,000 tourists а year. Val-David іs predominantly Quebecer аnd has а sizable minority anglophone population.

Belisle Mills - Sawmill, c.1910

Belisle Mills - Sawmill, c.1910. Early hand-tinted postcard.

Water cycling on Lake Archambault, St. Donat / Cyclisme sur l'eau, Lac Archambault, Saint-Donat

Water cycling on Lake Archambault, St. Donat, in the Laurentians. Early photographic postcard, c.1930.

Gare / Train station, St-Lin

Ancienne carte postale photographique. (Collection privée) /
Early photographique postcard. (Private collection)

Équipe de baseball / Baseball team, Saint-Lin

Équipe de baseball, St-Lin. Ancienne carte postale photographique datant des années 1910. (Collection privée)

Auberge Rawdon, vers 1940 / Rawdon Inn, c.1940

Auberge "Rawdon Inn," Rawdon, vers 1940. Ancienne carte postale. (Collection privée). / The Rawdon Inn, Rawdon, c.1940.

Manufacture de tabac / Tobacco manufacturer

Manufacture de tabac, Laurentides (Saint-Lin). Ancienne carte postale, vers 1910.

Interview with Beverly Prud'homme: Disaster Strikes the Family Farm, Rawdon

Click here for a podcast by Dwane Wilkin, produced in 2012 as part of QAHN's StoryNet initiative.

Thomas Kains and the War of 1812

As we unravel local history and piece together the contributions of our forebears, we are often amazed at what we uncover.

Ferme Sun Valley, Val-Morin, v. 1940 / Sun Valley Farm, Val-Morin, c.1940

Ferme Sun Valley, Val-Morin. Ancienne carte postale, vers 1940. / Sun Valley Farm, Val-Morin. Early postcard, c.1940.

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