Antoine Labelle—A Priest in Too Tight a Cassock Antoine Labelle, the man and his legacy Société d'histoire de la Rivière-du-Nord
In 1885, the federal government entrusted Antoine Labelle with the official mission of recruiting settlers from Europe. Having been involved in immigration efforts for some years already, Canada’s […]
Though he sometimes claimed he was not a skilled orator, Antoine Labelle knew how to captivate an audience. With passion and conviction, he gathered crowds around him to […]