Work Archives | Antoine Labelle, the man and his legacy

“Au poste !”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the « Les Stations du curé Labelle » In Au poste!, the fabulist painter invites us into the parliamentary office where Labelle spent long hours […]

“J’ai bien des fers au feu”

Painting by Dominique Beauregard from the « Les Stations du curé Labelle » “I have many irons in the fire” was an expression Antoine Labelle was fond of using in […]

The Stallion Rodeur

Developments in farming techniques and agricultural machinery were not the only avenues explored in an effort to increase Quebec farm yields. It was becoming essential for producers to […]

Claude-Henri Grignon and Paul Desmarteaux

Claude-Henri Grignon and Paul Desmarteaux in the author’s office in Sainte-Adèle. A bound copy of the newspaper Le Nord from 1887, by Alphonse Nantel (published between 1878 and […]

Curé Labelle and Dubouquet

The novel Un homme et son péché, by Claude-Henri Grignon, was a major success after its publication in 1933. Grignon soon had other novels on his mind, and […]

Ministry of Agriculture and Colonization Staff

This photograph shows Curé Labelle with his Ministry of Agriculture and Colonization colleagues. Seated behind the table, at centre, from left to right, are Col. William Rhodes, Commissioner […]

Table of Butter Factory Profits

In 1881, Antoine Labelle took part in a farm co-operative to produce large quantities of butter for sale. In May 1881, the newspaper Le Nord announced: “Our butter […]

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 […]

“Iron Mine,” Article in the Newspaper “<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Le Nord</span>”

“Iron Mine,” Article in the Newspaper “Le Nord”

Curé Labelle looked into various areas of activity to stimulate industrialization in his parish, including manufacturing, farming, commerce, and mining, as well as the railway, of course. By […]

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 […]

Inauguration of the Saint-Jérôme Mill

Saint-Jérôme’s transformation from village to industrial town began in the 1880s. Gradually, new industries were established along the shores of the Rivière du Nord, exploiting its water power. […]

Lumbermen’s Camp

Around 1800, England began exploiting the timber resources of its British North America colonies. Companies obtained logging rights in Crown Reserves (land owned by the Crown), and would […]