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Scottish Place Names Province of Quebec

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Hello Dear Friends,

The maple trees will soon be vibrant with colors of red and golden-yellow and all their multiple combinations as we are now entering the autumn season.

It brings back the beautiful memories of when MairiUna and Jean-Claude flew fom France in the fall of 2010 to […]

August 31st, 2021 | Tags: , , | Category: Canada, Scots Abroad, Travelling Quebec | Leave a comment

15 August 2021: Happy Birthday Sir Walter!!!

Today, 15 August 2021, is a keydate on the Scottish calendar. It is the 250th birthday of Sir Walter Scott, one of the most popular authors in Scotland and his popularity goes far beyond its frontiers. As one of his French admirers, I could not help writing a few lines on Scotiana today. How I […]

August 15th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Events, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment

Waverley Novels: Guy Mannering or The Astrologer (1815)

As soon as I received the last issue of The Scots Magazine (August 2021) I browsed through its pages to read the two articles devoted to Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) for his 250th birthday anniversary, on 15 August 2021.

“How you can mark 250 years of Sir Walter Scott” … I read on the magazine’s […]

July 31st, 2021 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Authors | Leave a comment

Inverness Quebec Scottish link with Settlers from Arran Islands

Hello dearest friends,

As you might know by now, I’m passionate of all things Scottish related!

Therefore, in my ongoing quest of Quebec-Scottish links, I’m very happy, as a native Quebecer, to share a glimpse on the origin of a brave, courageous and thoughtful municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Canada named Inverness ( […]

June 30th, 2021 | Tags: , , | Category: A Sense of Place, Inverness, Travelling Quebec | Leave a comment

Celebrating the 250th birthday anniversary of Walter Scott

On April 16th 2021, I decided (at last) to fulfill the promise we made a few years ago to Sir Walter Scott during one of our unforgettable visits at Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders… […]

May 31st, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors, Sir Walter Scott | Leave a comment
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