Friday, 4 January 2013

Antoine Papineau & The Privie


During my time in Montreal, I visited the Museum of Archaeology & History and remnants exhibit underground - the 'digs' and much to my surprise found a Papineau toilet!  Yes, a very early French settler had built two buildings around 1800 on the site of Fort Ville-Marie and his 'privie' had been found on top of the first Catholic cemetery and is on display.  His name was Antoine and he was a cooper.  I believe you can visit and see this today still. 

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