Keywords: Canadian
Item 30998
Canadian National Club, Biddeford, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-10-17 Location: Biddeford Media: Photograph on board
Item 18161
Canadian Customs, Woodstock, N.B., ca. 1920
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Woodstock; Houlton Media: Postcard
Item 70920
Storage, Presumpscot Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Storage
Item 37222
10-16 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railways Use: Land only
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad
"Canadian and Pacific Railroad Text by Megan and Madison, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X…"
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"
"… bringing with it a growing workforce of French Canadians, Irish, and other newly arriving ethnic groups."
Story
Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.
Story
Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins
Franco-Americans in Maine
