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“<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Le cadeau du père Labelle</span>”

“Le cadeau du père Labelle”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the exhibition « Les Stations du curé Labelle » This painting shows the well-known firewood collection organized by Labelle. The winter of 1872 was especially […]
“<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">La Terre promise</span>”

“La Terre promise”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the exhibition « Les Stations du curé Labelle » In La Terre promise, the artist shows Curé Labelle in a setting that evokes Moses guiding […]
Countryside

Countryside

A special correspondent who visited the Northern Townships on several occasions was  delighted to note the impressive results of settlement there. He expressed his sentiments in a November […]
View of the Wilson Pulp Mill and Bridge

View of the Wilson Pulp Mill and Bridge

With Curé Antoine Labelle’s encouragement, André Silfrid Delisle and his cousin Wilbrod Delisle built a pulp mill on the Rivière du Nord, near Saunderson Falls, in 1881. Before […]
A Group of People at Saunderson Falls

A Group of People at Saunderson Falls

Curé Labelle’s arrival in 1868 was a turning point in the history of the village of Saint-Jérôme. Tirelessly committed to developing the railroad and the settlement of the […]
Steamboat “SS Circassian”

Steamboat “SS Circassian”

Curé Labelle’s first Atlantic crossing began in the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, when on February 21, 1885, he embarked on the SS Circassian, a vessel of the […]
A Colonist Family

A Colonist Family

About 5,000 people settled on land to the north of Saint-Jérôme thanks to Curé Labelle’s efforts. Besides starting a lottery to raise funds for his “reconquest” initiative, Labelle, […]
The New Cemetery at Saint-Jérôme

The New Cemetery at Saint-Jérôme

The new Catholic cemetery in Saint-Jérôme was an initiative of Antoine Labelle. In the earliest days of the parish, the cemetery was located behind the original church, in […]