LUDGAR AND MADELEINE GAREAU

Imagine bringing your new bride home to begin your lives together-just to find your community a recent war zone¬-and your dream home is a pile of ashes and nails. Do you rebuild on site? Or do you find a more peaceful place to live. That’s what faced Ludger and Madeline DeLorme Gareau in the spring of 1885.

A METIS HERITAGE:
CHARLIE AND MARIE ROSE SMITH

The contributions of Charlie and Marie Rose to the lore of the Pincher Creek area are vast.

FRENCHY AND NELLIE RIVIERE

“The trails that knew him shall know him no more.”

WILLIAM & HARRIET GLADSTONE: A METIS HERITAGE

As an artisan, Will Gladstone was introduced to the frontier. With marriage to Harriet LeBlanc, the couple created an Indigenous Metis Legacy