FROM THE ARCHIVES Telling the story of the 1879 Quebec City Riot Researched by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com On Aug. 16, 1879, the headline of the Morning Chronicle read: The Riot…
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This engraving shows rocks being thrown down on French- Canadian Union Canadienne rioters by opposing groups on the cliffs above the street. (Image from Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec via Wikimedia Commons, public domain image)