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Clergue’s Blockhouse Postcard

Postcard of the block house, bears chained in the yard, woman in dress walking out from the house. Machine Shop in the background.

1902
Image courtesy of the Sault Ste. Marie Museum

To build his Northern persona, Clergue repurposed an old Northwest Company trading post into his first home. He lived in the block house for 6 years, before moving to the Montfermier Mansion.