MCQ Views and Voices
This podcast is all about life in the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec regions of the province of Québec, and features interviews with interesting people who live or work here, discussions about bilingualism, and amazing but little-known stories about local history.
MCQ Views and Voices
From Burton to Barton, part 15: The Crimea and la Capricieuse
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Season 2
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Episode 15
In this edition hosts Julie Miller and François Roy discuss the Crimean War. Although it was fought far away in Europe, it was a significant war for Trois Rivières, and for the rest of Quebec, for a very particular reason. You’ll hear about an event in 1855 which turned the tides for French Canadians when a ship docked in Trois Rivières with an unusual and unprecedented cargo. During these years a new spirit of friendship, trust, and openness was the air, and the alliances formed during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856 laid the foundation for a friendly pact made between France and England called L’Entente Cordiale, which was formally signed later in 1904.