Memories of a Young Immigrant in 1951
Alain Manset, who came from France with his parents in 1951, looks back on his first impressions of Canada; now settled in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, he studies local and regional history.
Written in French by Alain Manset, July 10, 2015. Quotations from period documents are left in the original. Lire l’original en français.
Memories of Alain Manset, a young immigrant in 1951; having left France with his parents, he recounts his first impressions on arriving in Canada.
Now firmly rooted in Québec society, he lives in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, where he devotes himself to the study of local and regional history.
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