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After the death of her husband, René Lescop, she attended writing workshops and wrote her autobiography, Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans, published in 1996 by Salon du livre de Montréal. [2] The book obtained considerable success, with more than 100,000 copies sold. [3] She gave numerous conferences at retirement homes across Quebec. [4]
A traiteur (/ ˈ t r ɛ t ɜːr /; [1] French: [tʁɛ.tœʁ]) is a French food-seller, whose places of business were arguably the precursors of the modern restaurant. [2] Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to "dine out" could dine at a traiteur 's, or order meals to go.
Sainte-Marguerite Bay. The Sainte-Marguerite Bay is located on the left bank of the Saguenay River, 25 km (by river) upstream from the Tadoussac ferry. The bay lies opposite Cap de l'Anse au Cheval (on the south shore of the Saguenay River). [1] With a length of 2.7 km and a width of 1.3 km, the bay extends in an east-west direction.
La Venerable Marguerite Bourgeoys by Pierre Le Ber in the possession of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal. The Congrégation de Notre Dame (CND) is a religious community for women founded in 1658 in Ville Marie (), in the colony of New France, now part of Canada.
In 2012, her text, titled La Motte, mon village en Abitibi, won the first edition of the Mon village, c’est le meilleur! competition, organized by the magazine Vivre à la campagne. [12] In April 2023, the Ensemble Aiguebelle organized a concert titled Les Chants de mes déparlures inspired by her works.
Sainte-Marguerite (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁɡərit] ⓘ) is a parish municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,107 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It is named after Marguerite Marcoux, who gave part of the land she owned in 1830 for the ...
Marguerite Charlotte Lavoie (1912–2005), also known as Carlotta, was a Canadian dancer. [1] She became Canadian artist Frederick Simpson Coburn 's muse and was portrayed in multiple of his paintings and photographs.
Seignories have existed in Québec from 1627 until the British conquest of New France in 1763 and continued in the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then in Lower Canada (1840) and in the Province of Canada until 1854.