Friday, 29 June 2018

CANADIAN TOUR, 2018. LAND OF OUR ANCESTORS.


CANADIAN TOUR, 2018. LAND OF OUR ANCESTORS. June 23, 24, 2018.

Passing by the land of our ancestors, on our Canadian Tour, 2018:  First, "Le Pays de la Saguine". I am the proud grand daughter of Albert Sawyer Jaillet and Eulalie Cormier formally of Bouctouche NB., with a photo  of L'Isle aux Puces. 


Then to Cambellton, NB,  Jean-Paul's home town, where we still get very much moved, by its picturesque scenery, cradled in the Appalachian Mountains.





Lastly, my very own village where I grew up, Pointe à la Croix, Qc, National Historic Site of the Battle of Restigouche. I had a nostalgic walk with my sister Denise across the Interprovincial Bridge, just like we did when young girls, in other to go to a movie at the local theatre. From door to door, 2.7 Kilometres. 





Berthelot Street, where I grew up, at the corner of Boulevard International. The whole street was once my paternal grandfather's land. To my surprise, I found my grandfather's house barely standing and still lived in. 




I was very disappointed to find my father's house repainted in a horrible yellow mustard color, trimmed in a dark navy blue, by the present owner.  I did look very hard for the pond and small chanel where we relentlessly played in as young children, to only find traces, of a once wet land area. Gone are my cat tails, muskrats, ducks and frogs. 

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