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40 discoveries to read together · Edition 1

Life in Old Québec to Colour

Homes, Trades and Games of Long Ago

How people lived, worked, travelled and played in Québec long ago, with living traditions of today. Forty companion pages add context, sources and an activity.

40 drawingsAges 5–8Long ago

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Drawings 01–10

Looking around the museum

A Wendat longhouse

A present-day reconstruction

A birchbark canoe

A skill passed down

The Inuit qajaq

A skill passed down

A chest full to the top

The 17th and 18th centuries

The bread oven

Since the days of New France

Water from the well

Haying time

Long ago, in summer

Making butter

Cod drying in the sun

From the 17th century

Drawings 11–20

The loom

The 19th century

The spinning wheel turns

The 19th century

A quill and some ink

The 19th century

At the shoemaker’s

The 19th century

At the blacksmith’s

Since the days of New France

The barrel maker at work

Since the days of New France

The potter’s hands

The 19th century

The lumber camp

Long ago, in winter

The log drive on the river

Long ago, in spring

A schooner on the St. Lawrence

The 19th century

Drawings 21–30

The voyageurs and the furs

A sleigh ride in the snow

Long ago, in winter

All aboard, travellers!

The late 19th century

Delivery by horse and wagon

At the public market

At the general store

The wood-burning cookstove

The early 20th century

Laundry day

Washing by hand

The oil lamp

The kitchen icebox

Before the refrigerator

Drawings 31–40

The ice cutter

Long ago, in winter

The one-room schoolhouse

The early 20th century

A slate to write on

The rocking horse

The spinning top

The 19th century

The cup-and-ball game

The 18th century

A rag doll

Listening to the radio

The 20th century

Hello, who’s there?

The 20th century

Sharing history