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Portrait of Félix-Antoine Savard

Black and white picture : official portrait of a man in clergyman clothing, wearing glasses.

Picture taken around 1937.
BAnQ Québec, Centre d’archives de Québec Collection (P1000,S4,D83,PS17).

God has never given a more beautiful present than clay to any people.

That is a quote from Félix-Antoine Savard, missionary and writer from the beginning of the 20th century, about the clay enclave in Abitibi, suitable for agriculture.