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The Lure of the Lower Saint Lawrence: Home of Villa Les Rochers

The Lure of the Lower Saint Lawrence: Home of Villa Les Rochers

Transcript for “The Lure of the Lower Saint Lawrence: Home of Villa Les Rochers”, a documentary with moving film, four interview subjects alternately speaking, and a montage of […]
Villa Les Rochers, Coloured Postcard

Villa Les Rochers, Coloured Postcard

This undated coloured postcard of Villa Les Rochers was one of a number of postcards of the late Victorian era in Quebec featuring local homes of distinction.
Herbert Symington

Herbert Symington

Herbert James Symington, president of Trans Canada Airlines and a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, owned Les Rochers and loved to spend summers there with his family […]
The Old Flag, the Old Policy, the Old Leader

The Old Flag, the Old Policy, the Old Leader

“The Old Flag, the Old Policy, the Old Leader” is a poster (unsigned & anonymous) used during Sir John A.’s last political campaign in 1890.  
Old postcards from Rivière-du-Loup

Old postcards from Rivière-du-Loup

Hand-coloured and black and white postcards from Rivière-du-Loup were popular in the late Victorian age when people of means spent their summers in this area.