Tag: Metis
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Dearest Mother: Appendix 2 – Laurence Long’s Account of Eliza Desmarais.
An account of Eliza’s colourful life by her grandson. The following comes from Eliza’s grandson Laurence Long, recounted in Fort Macleod: Our Colorful Past, published 1977. Eliza Demerais [sic] was born and educated in Westbourne, Manitoba in 1862. She married Michael Scheer in Carrot River and resided in Prince Albert until 1884, at which time…
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Dearest Mother: Appendix 1 – A “Royal” name for the Desmarais.
Eliza’s grandfather chooses a grander name than his brothers. The following comes from the Memoirs of George Sanderson. Sanderson was an anglophone Métis born in Athabasca Landing to a mixed-blood family and grew up in Portage La Prairie. He was involved tangentially in the 1870 resistance in Red River. His autobiography provides a wonderful account…
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Dearest Mother Pt 3: Imagine Me Walking About This Place
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
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Dearest Mother Pt 1: Hurrying Us Through
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
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Clio’s Armada: Métis Bateau and Fort Langley National Historic Site
Over the Winter and Spring of 2020/2021 Fort Langley National Historic Site contracted a Métis carpenter to help complete a new bateau for display in the replica HBC post. These bateaux were a go-to craft for the Hudson’s Bay Company tripmen in places such as British Columbia (then called the Columbia District) and northern Alberta…
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