The 65th Battalion (French Canadians) Leaving Bonaventure Station, May 2, 1885 (Low-Res)


Title: The 65th Battalion (French Canadians) Leaving Bonaventure Station, May 2, 1885 (Low-Res)
Creator: Grip P. & P. Co.
Subject: Illustrated War News, 1885 Resistance, Métis, Soldiers, History
Description: Soldiers leaving for the front aboard a Grand Truck Railway (later the Canadian Northern Railway) car. Not all French Canadians were opposed to the Canadian Army fighting against the Métis. In this print, which is in a horizontal format with an inset, a French-Canadian battalion is leaving to put down a Métis resistance. It is important to not that French-Canadian nationalist sympathy became enflamed only during and after Louis Riel's trial and execution.
Publisher: Grip P. & P. Co.
Date: May 2, 1885
Type: Image
Format: .jpg
Identifier: CPIWN065.2
Coverage: February 16, 2006
GDI Media Filename: CPIWN065 (Medium).jpg

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