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L'Assomption River makes a water cul-de-sac for the village |
Stories of family and ancestors who lived and worked in Cohoes (textile and garment workers, butchers and barbers), Waterford (canalers), Whitehall (farmers and canalers), Port Henry (iron miners and Civil War soldiers), Champlain (canalers and farmers) and other towns along the Champlain Canal in New York State with some diversions to the places they emigrated from....Quebec (landless farmers, shoemakers, sailors, soldiers), Acadia (more farmers), and even Cornwall, England (tin miners).
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Rivets: Along L'Assomption River
The Rivets lived and worked along the L'Assomption River in Quebec before they emigrated south of the border. Although the Rivets began as a family in Repentigny, they dispersed into different communities along this river including St Côme, St Alphonse, St. Melanie, Joliette and L'Assomption.
Labels:
Assomption River,
Quebec,
Rivet
Location:
L'Assomption, QC, Canada
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