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Madawaska History
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Everyday Life in Madawaska (1785-1985): Historical Fresco by Artist Claude Picard
Date: Jan.-March 1989
Creator: Société historique du Madawaska
Source: Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon
Description: This edition of the Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska deals with everyday life in the Madawaska region from 1785 to 1985. The fresco, work of the artist Claude Picard, is reproduced on the cover of the Revue. This fresco was created to commemorate the bicentennial of the arrival of the first French inhabitants in Madawaska. There is a short biography of Mr. Picard and a detailed explanation of the historical fresco. Here are the titles of the various articles included in the Revue: "L'accueil des Malécites; Un paradis de chasse et de pêche; L'installation: la construction d'un logis; La vie religieuse; La première génération de jeunes Madawaskayens; Le Fort du Petit-Sault; La vie à la campagne; Le portage; Le médecin de campagne; La petite école de rang; L'Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Joseph, Saint-Basile, N.-B.; La prohibition; L'avènement des chemins de fer; Le jounal Le Madawaska; Soeur Catherine du Sacré-Coeur (Edith Marquis); Les arts visuels; L'industrie forestière; La ploye de sarrasin; La culture de la pomme de terre; L'artisanat: le tissage; La petite histoire de la musique au Madawaska; La sucrerie ou l'érablière.''
Subject: New Brunswick, History, Madawaska County
Date: Jan.-March 1989
Creator: Société historique du Madawaska
Source: Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon
Description: This edition of the Revue de la Société historique du Madawaska deals with everyday life in the Madawaska region from 1785 to 1985. The fresco, work of the artist Claude Picard, is reproduced on the cover of the Revue. This fresco was created to commemorate the bicentennial of the arrival of the first French inhabitants in Madawaska. There is a short biography of Mr. Picard and a detailed explanation of the historical fresco. Here are the titles of the various articles included in the Revue: "L'accueil des Malécites; Un paradis de chasse et de pêche; L'installation: la construction d'un logis; La vie religieuse; La première génération de jeunes Madawaskayens; Le Fort du Petit-Sault; La vie à la campagne; Le portage; Le médecin de campagne; La petite école de rang; L'Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Joseph, Saint-Basile, N.-B.; La prohibition; L'avènement des chemins de fer; Le jounal Le Madawaska; Soeur Catherine du Sacré-Coeur (Edith Marquis); Les arts visuels; L'industrie forestière; La ploye de sarrasin; La culture de la pomme de terre; L'artisanat: le tissage; La petite histoire de la musique au Madawaska; La sucrerie ou l'érablière.''
Subject: New Brunswick, History, Madawaska County
