Anahareo and Archie Belaney, styling himself as Grey Owl, both included descriptions of their visit to Metis in their respective autobiographical books. The descriptions have similarities, but also some fun differences. Read for yourself! Devil in Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl (1972) [After misunderstanding a job posting for a maid, that rather was for […]
Jacques de Lesseps was born in France in 1883. He developed a passion for flight and in 1909 was credited with the first night aeronautical voyage, just six years after the Wright brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk. After commanding a French Air Force squadron during World War I, de Lesseps formed the […]
By Kerry Martin (1) It’s 1929 and we are moving up Boule Rock Road, past the Allans, the Airds, and the Smiths, round a corner to the right to a junction. There we see some of our friends from further west who have come up Astle Road to the same crossroads: left to the highway […]
Little Metis Presbyterian Church Known locally as the Yellow Kirk (honouring the Scottish roots of the population), the Little Metis Presbyterian Church welcomes parishioners every summer, some from families coming to Metis for generations, and others – newcomers. Presbyterian services, until this church was built, were held at Leggatt’s Point, three miles distant along poor […]
By Pamela Andersson Many of us may think that bicycling came to the Metis area mid-20th century, about the time that paved roads did. Wrong. We invite you to have a look at some HLSL bicycle photos from Metis from the late 1890s before paved roads, the 20th century, and right up to the present […]
GET YOURSELF IN GEAR! A TALE WITH A LESSON FROM COIN DE LA BAIE A story told by F.A. Astle. Storytelling has always been common in the evenings especially in the early years here in Metis. Willis N. Bugbee, in his book “Drifting Down the St. Lawrence”, wrote that F. A. Astle, owner of the […]
The Wharf at Sandy Bay – a Place of Tidal Get-Togethers At high tide, above the calmness of settled waves and feeding fish, rattle sounds of boisterous men and boys hungry for a catch. In the salty St. Lawrence sea breeze by Baie-des-Sables, once Sandy Bay, the afternoon’s potent heat tans sweat-laden foreheads and hits […]
Transformation of Tourist Lodgings in Metis Lodging for the few earliest passing visitors in the Metis area usually was trying one’s luck at the home of a local settler – one might say the original bed ‘n’ breakfast. Needless to say, there were likely few comforts for guests (or hosts!) in the early years after […]
Bootleggers, Booze, Prohibition, and Pastimes Attitudes to drinking have changed considerably over the past two centuries, from commonplace and accepted, to outright being frowned on and banned, to the height of cocktail parties amidst a “dry” area, to today’s more laissez-faire views. Metis and the surrounding area have had their fair share of bootleggers. “Bootlegger” […]