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Franco-Americans in the Champlain Valley

Franco-Americans in the Champlain Valley

Paquette, Celine Racine
Licursi Lamay, Kimberly J.

Paperback

Series: Images of America

General PhotographyRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1467127868
ISBN13: 9781467127868
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Apr 16 2018
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Read the story of French Canadian migration into the Vermont and New York with photographs of their vibrant heritage.

French Canadian migration into the Champlain Valley in Vermont and New York from the 1850s onward changed the landscape of the Northeast in significant and often subtle ways. As a substantial part of the labor force, Franco-Americans harvested the lumber and mined the stone that built the North Country of both states. They built elaborately appointed churches that served as cornerstones of their communities and a testament to their deep religious faith. They were professionals who ran businesses on the main streets of the bucolic villages and towns around Lake Champlain, as well as farmers and mill workers who eked out a life toiling in the dirt and in textile factories. They formed innumerable fraternal organizations and societies like the Union St. Jean Baptiste and the Champlain Chevaliers to preserve their culture and religion, often in the face of discrimination. The photographs in this volume document their vibrant heritage.

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