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Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network
(QAHN)
2015 CONVENTION
June 5-6, 2015
Lower Ottawa River Valley
St. Andrew’s East, Carillon, Cushing
& Sainte-Marthe, Quebec
Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario
Explore this fascinating corner of Quebec
At the crossroads of two provinces
Beautiful villages, splendid landscapes, a magnificent river
Steeped in history...
Join us!
Program, Friday, June 5, 2015
9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.*
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.*
Guided tour, Carillon Hydroelectric Dam
240, rue du Barrage, Carillon (Saint-Andréd'Argenteuil), Qc. Free admission. Reservations
required. To reserve and to confirm times, please call (800) 365-5229.
Access from Carillon only. (*Note: times subject to change).
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Guided tour, Macdonnell-Williamson House
25, chemin des Outaouais, Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario
(100 metres from Pointe-Fortune, Qc.)
3:00 p.m.
Talk: “Historic Fur Trade Sites in the Border Counties of
Eastern Ontario”
Location: Macdonnell-Williamson House. Speaker: David G. Anderson
3:45 p.m.
Talk: “Pemmican Wars: The Macdonells, Grants and Poitras”
Location: Macdonnell-Williamson House. Speaker: Anne Anderson
5:30 p.m.
QAHN Cocktail ($ cash bar)
Location: Auberge des Gallant, 1171, ch. St-Henri,
Sainte-Marthe, Qc.
6:30 p.m.
Supper ($)
Location: Auberge des Gallant, 1171, ch. St-Henri,
Sainte-Marthe, Qc.
8:30 p.m.
Meeting, QAHN Board of Directors
Location: Board Room, Auberge des Gallant, 1171, ch. St-Henri, Ste-Marthe, Qc.
Program, Saturday, June 6, 2015
7:00-8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Location: Auberge des Gallant. 1171, ch. St-Henri, Sainte-Marthe, Qc.
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Car ferry across the Ottawa River, Pointe-Fortune to Carillon
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Registration, QAHN Annual General Meeting
Christ Church, 163, route du Long Sault, St. Andrew’s East
(Saint-André-d'Argenteuil), Qc.
9:30-11:00 a.m.
AGM Business Meeting
Christ Church
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Health Break / Networking
Christ Church
11:00-11:15 a.m.
Meeting, QAHN Board of Directors
Christ Church
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Guided tour, Musée régional d’Argenteuil
Animation by historian and storyteller Robert Simard
44, route du Long-Sault, Carillon (Saint-André-d'Argenteuil), Qc.
1:00-3:30 p.m.
Buffet Lunch, Church Hall, St. Mungo’s United Church
Catering courtesy of Aux lubies gourmandes
661, route des Outaouais, Cushing, Qc.
Keynote talk:
"Ply Them with Whisky: Motivating Heritage Volunteers
at the Community Level"
Michael Cooper, President, Fairbairn House Heitage Centre, Wakefield, Qc.
2015 Awards Ceremony
Marion Phelps Award
Richard Evans Award
3:30 p.m.
Closing words
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Guided tour, St. Mungo’s United Church
FRIDAY:
Historic Fur Trade Sites in the Border
Counties of Eastern Ontario
David G. Anderson
David G. Anderson and his family are the licensed
tenants of the Bethune-Thompson House in
Williamstown, Ontario, a historic property of the Ontario Heritage Trust. Mr. Anderson has served as a
director of the Glengarry Historical Society, the
Nor'Westers & Loyalist Museum and the Friends of the
Ruins of St. Raphael’s Church (a National Historic
Site). He is a bookseller of rare and out-of-print works
relating to the North West Company, the United Empire Loyalists, and other specialties.
This talk will focus on the three leading explorers of the
British period of the fur trade: mapmaker David
Thompson, Sir Alexander Mackenzie and Simon
Fraser, and will illustrate their tangible presence in
Eastern Ontario.
Pemmican Wars:
The Macdonells, Grants and Poitras
Anne Anderson
A genealogist specializing in Native ancestry and
the deciphering of old French script records, Anne Anderson also holds workshops for children on Métis fiddle music and beadwork. She is the director of her
Métis community (Muskrats), is a researcher of Métis
culture and heritage, advocates for Métis higher education, and has coordinated the Métis exhibit at the
Macdonell-Williamson House, where she is a director.
She is currently writing a one-woman monologue addressing the issues faced by women of the fur trade,
based on her ancestral grandparents who were most
likely the guides written about in the journal of George
Nelson (1803-1804).
This talk will focus on the Pemmican War years, and
on the political and family struggles of Métis woman
Magdeleine Poitras-Macdonell at the time the Macdonnell-Williamson House was built.
SATURDAY:
Ply Them with Whisky: Motivating Heritage
Volunteers at the Community Level
Michael Cooper
The president of the Fairbairn House Heritage Centre
in Wakefield, Quebec, Michael Cooper has a long history of volunteering in the heritage and education
fields. Besides his ongoing leadership and hands-on
involvement with the Fairbairn House, he is a lifetime
member of the Gatineau Valley Historical Society. He
worked for Quebec's Ministry of Education, where he
promoted the study of Canadian and local history. A
former vice-president of the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network, Michael Cooper was the recipient of the
Marion Phelps Award in 2012.
This talk will focus on ways of finding and motivating
volunteers at the grass roots level, and of harnessing
their knowledge and skills for the advancement of local
heritage projects.
Historic Animation at the Argenteuil Museum
Robert Picard
Robert Simard is both a historian and an accomplished
storyteller. Specializing in the history of Argenteuil, he
has collaborated with the Argenteuil Museum on a
number of projects, including the museum's current exhibition on regional history. He has chronicled the history of Lachute for the local paper; conducted research
for the MRC on the Grenville Canal, local cemeteries
and other subjects; and is currently working on a book
on the early settlers of the Seigneurie of Argenteuil,
for publication in collaboration with the Argenteuil Regional Museum and Éditions Histoire-Québec.
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The Marion Phelps Award
Named after the doyenne of local history in the Eastern Townships, this award is presented annually in
recognition of outstanding long-term contributions by
an individual to the preservation and promotion of Anglophone heritage in the province of Quebec.
The Richard Evans Award
Named after QAHN’s founding president, this award
recognizes outstanding long-term contributions by an
organization or group of volunteers to the preservation
and promotion of Anglophone heritage in Quebec.
THE VENUES:
Macdonell-Williamson House, Chute-àBlondeau, Ontario
The Macdonell-Williamson House was built
c.1817 by John Macdonell. Situated in Ontario on
the Ottawa River, a few metres over the provincial
border from Pointe-Fortune, Quebec, the house
was acquired by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
in 1978 in order to save it from demolition. Extensive architectural and archeological investigations
have been carried out, and the house is currently
undergoing restoration.
Christ Church, St. Andrew’s East (SaintAndré-d’Argenteuil), Quebec
Built in historic St. Andrew’s East between 1819
and 1821, and consecrated by the Anglican
Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec in 1829, Christ
Church was classified a historic site by Quebec’s
Ministry of Culture in 1985. Notable parishioners
have included Sir John Abbott (1821-1893),
Canada’s third prime minister, and Dr. Maude
Abbott (1869-1940), a pioneer woman doctor and
a leader in pathology and cardiology. Today, the
building is managed by the Espace historique et
culturel Christ Church.
Argenteuil Regional Museum, Carillon (SaintAndré-d’Argenteuil), Quebec
Classified as a National Historic Site, owned by
Parks Canada, and operated independently as
the Argenteuil Regional Museum, “the Barracks,”
as this building is known, is an imposing Georgian
edifice built entirely of locally quarried stone.
Erected at the time of the construction of the
nearby Carillon Canal in the 1830s, the building
later housed British soldiers during the Lower
Canada Rebellions. It was later converted to a
hotel serving passengers of steamers plying the
Ottawa River. In 1938, the Barracks were transformed once again, this time into a museum of regional history. Today, the Argenteuil Regional
Museum is home to over 10,000 objects that tell
the story of the pioneers of Argenteuil County.
Carillon Hydroelectric Dam,
Carillon (Saint-Andréd’Argenteuil), Quebec
The construction of the dam, power
station and lock at Carillon (19591963) drastically raised the level of the Ottawa
River behind the dam. It also flooded the old canal
system and the Long Sault Rapids, scene of
Dollard des Ormeaux’s ill-fated 1660 battle with
the Iroquois. The lock made it possible for boats to
clear the same drop in water level that was previously achieved by the original system of three
canals and eleven locks, raising boats 19 metres
in only half an hour. The Carillon Power Station,
with its 14 turbines and 26 km² basin, has a generating capacity of 752 megawatts. The lock and
the adjacent Carillon Canal National Historic Site
are the property of Parks Canada.
St. Mungo’s United Church, Cushing, Quebec
Built in 1836 by some of the same masons who
worked on the Ottawa River canals, using the
stone so characteristic of this stretch of the Ottawa
River, St. Mungo’s began its life as a Presbyterian
church. The dominant feature of the church is its
Gothic bell tower. The church, which continues to
serve a small congregation, has undergone extensive restoration in recent years. In 2007, it was
designated a heritage site by the municipality.
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Pointe-Fortune-Carillon Ferry, Ottawa River
A ferry service has operated here since 1833.
Today the small 10-car ferry is run by the familyowned Traversier Le Passeur. Crossings every 10
minutes; $8.50 per car, one-way). Info: (450) 5373412.
How to get there!
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FRIDAY LOCATIONS
A) Auberge des Gallant,
1171 ch. St-Henri, SainteMarthe, Qc
B) Macdonnell-Williamson
House, 25 ch des Outaouais,
Chute-à-Blondeau, On
C) Carillon Hydroelectric Dam,
240 rue du Barrage, Carillon
(Saint-André-d’Argenteuil), Qc
(access only from Carillon side
of the river)
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SATURDAY LOCATIONS
D) Pointe-Fortune-Carillon Car Ferry.
Crossings every 10 minutes, $8.50 per
car, one-way.
E) Christ Church, 163 Route du Long
Sault, St. Andrew’s East (Saint-Andréd’Argenteuil), Qc
F) Musée régional d’Argenteuil,
44 Route du Long-Sault, Carillon (SaintAndré-d’Argenteuil), Qc
(adjacent to the Carillon ferry terminal)
G) St. Mungo’s Church 661 Route des
Outaouais, Cushing, Qc (5 minutes west
of Carillon on Route 344)
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NOTICE
2015 Annual General Meeting
Saturday, June 6, 2014 (9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
Christ Church, 163, route du Long Sault,
St. Andrew’s East (Saint-André-d'Argenteuil), Qc.
Several items will be up for discussion, including:
-Minutes of June 7, 2014 AGM
-2014-2015 Financial statements
-Appointment of an auditor
-Reports from officers and directors
-Committee reports
-Report: Security for Heritage Project (SHOWI)
-Current project: provincial heritage registry
-Other projects
-Election of new QAHN directors
-Comments from the membership
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