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Citadel Quebec July 5th, 1939 Dear Elsie, I must send you a line to say how enormously I enjoyed being at Metis and to thank you and Mr. […]
Thomas Fenwick (1830-1905) was a Presbyterian minister in Metis and an artist of some talent. While ministering to the Presbyterians at Leggatt’s Point, he painted in his spare […]
Stephen liked to build and left a legacy of extraordinary buildings. He is probably the only figure in Canadian history who built four buildings that are today national […]
Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan) was an acquaintance and family friend for years before he was appointed to become Governor General of Canada in 1935. A writer and novelist, […]
Key to any fishing camp was the ice house. It was in these modest buildings that the catch of the day would have been placed preciously as the […]
Elsie Reford was able to make everything appear elegant. Whether it was fishing or gardening, she was also well turned out, sporting clothing that combined function and form. […]
The Reford’s fishing was not confined exclusively to the Metis River. Elsie Reford and her husband also explored the other rivers of the country. Among those that figure […]
The bell in front of Estevan Lodge was salvaged from the S.S. Galicia, a cargo ship sunk by a mine in the English Channel in 1917 during the […]
Elsie and Robert Reford had two sons, Bruce (born 1895) and Eric (born 1900). As boys, they spent their summer holidays on the Metis River. It was here […]
The chasm of the Metis River was deep and the current strong between the falls and the river mouth. The views were impressive, with the steep banks of […]
Owning a river meant protecting it. Even though he had left Canada for England in the 1890s, Lord Mount Stephen continued to own and manage the Metis River. […]
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. […]
