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Percy Nobbs was a Montreal architect and professor of architecture – best known today for the building on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal that is now the McCord Museum. […]
Robert Wilson Reford spent much of his youth in Little Metis, where his father built a large house overlooking the St. Lawrence River. When he married Elsie Reford […]
Elsie Reford is unusual in the annals of fishing in being a woman and owner of a fishing camp. She was given Estevan Lodge and the fishing rights […]
The printing block for the stationery at Estevan featured the effigy of the salmon over the words “Grand-Metis”. The letterhead was identical to that used by Stephen at […]
Fishermen typically spend an entire day on the river. At Estevan they would go out early in the morning and return for lunch. In the late afternoon, they […]
Flies are the constant companion of the fisherman, either on his rod or on the back of his neck. Rare is a day of fishing without blackflies, mosquitoes, […]
The flies in the collection of Les Amis des Jardins de Metis number in the hundreds. They are kept in the same boxes where they were placed more […]
The objects found during archaeological digs bear witness to the regular presence of native peoples over thousands of years at the mouth of the Metis River. They indicate […]
The fragments of white shells and common mussel shells were found in the dig site where there were vestiges of fires and kitchen scraps. They provide an indication […]
These cutting tools are in the first phases of fabrication. They have not yet been finished or taken their final shape as a simple tool or bifacial knife […]
This 1829 map shows the three seigneuries along the Mitis River that were granted during the French Regime. The Seigneurie de Mitis or de Pieras was granted on […]
Matthew MacNider purchased the Mitis seigneurie in 1802. He was a Scot with a timber business based in Quebec City and is credited with beginning the first efforts […]
