Francophones Have Left an Enormous Imprint on Sudbury – Claire Pilon
Claire Pilon is a Sudbury-based journalist, researcher and translator. She has given Republic of Mining.com permission to post her column on Sudbury’s francophone history. She can be reached at: cpilon@cyberbeach.net or visit her website: www.clairepilon.com This column was originally published in the Sudbury Star.
In order to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the City of Sudbury, this column will demonstrate how francophones have left and still play an important role in the creation and development of our city.
It will demonstrate how francophones helped shape the city, whether it be in the religious, educational, health, economical or social sectors.
In the following columns readers will be made aware of the many contributions of francophones to making this city what it is today, 125 years after its beginnings.
It was 125 years ago when the first settlers, a great number of them French-speaking arrived in our fait city.
Sudbury was a lumbering town before it became a mining one. It has developed over the years and has seen many changes, some for the best.
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