Sex Archives | Villa Les Rochers: Summer Residence of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald

Mary Macdonald, c. 1874

Photograph of Mary Macdonald as a small child, around 5 years old. To ensure she led as normal a life as possible, Sir John A. and Lady Agnes […]

Lady Dufferin, 1878

Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, spent some weeks during the summers of 1871 and 1872 in St. Patrick with her husband who was Governor General […]

Louis Riel, 1873

A photograph of Louis Riel, taken in 1873 after his election as MP for Provencher, Manitoba. Twelve years later Riel would be executed for high treason for his […]

Sir Joseph Pope

Sir Joseph Pope, Private Secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald from 1882 until 1891, photographed by William James Topley.

Mary Macdonald

Mary Macdonald, daughter of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald, undated, c. 1880-1885.

Lumbermen Around Timber Slide

Five lumbermen working at a timber slide take a break for a moment to pose for a photographer while their supervisor, behind them, looks on. Photo undated.

Sir John A. Macdonald

Studio photo of an aging Sir John A. Macdonald, c. 1885-1889, detail. Always fashionable in his dress and authoritarian in his posture, Macdonald’s expression in this portrait reflects […]

The Last Spike

In this most iconic of Canadian historical photographs, the Hon. Donald A. Smith is seen driving the commemorative last spike to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway, on the […]

Lady Agnes Macdonald in 1881

Lady Susan Agnes Macdonald (née Bernard) in a photographer’s studio, January 1881. She would have arrived at the studio by horse-drawn sleigh, wearing the fur coat that is […]

Lord Monck

Lord Monck, Canada’s first Governor General, photographed by William Notman in Montreal in 1866, was an early St. Patrick summer resident.

Lady Frances Monck

Lady Frances Monck, the wife of Canada’s first Governor General, was photographed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1864, by William Notman. She and her husband enjoyed summers in St. […]

Sir John A. Macdonald Speaks About Canada’s Constitution

Transcript of Sir John A. Macdonald’s words, on the subject of Canada’s Constitution, read by Nick Olcott: [Nick Olcott] “I would again implore the House not to let this […]