Art Duval

Dedin was probably a nickname, Didier Louis Marie de Revol was his full name as under this name he signed on as a clerk with Paul LaCroix and Mathew Nelson and was assigned to Drummond Island. What he looked like is probably completely lost to history, as no description or painting has ever been found. Lacroix and Nelson had been trading on Drummond island for a few years including shipped goods between Drummond island and Mackinac Island in boats, canoes and sleds that they themselves...

The world did not know about North America, or at least it pretended to not know for a long time in our history. This is ironic because we often do the same thing today. We didn't know then, we knew, but we did not see, or pretended to not see what was there...we were told not to see. So here's land, here's people, but they must own the land, we we don't know or pretend we don't know and we will take that land...and continue to pretend we don't know in so many ways. We don't know their...

Wagons North Recently someone said their ancestors came by covered wagon to settle in Simcoe County. This sparked an interest as I wondered how did many settlers travel in Canada. My voyageur ancestors came by bateaux, from Drummond island in 1828. I write about them in other blogs. My Duval family likely arrived by Railroad, following the lumber industry slightly after the train came to town. (I also have a blog on them) Neither of those came by covered wagon, but that doesn't mean none did....