Hallébourg – a cluster of approximately 20 homes east of Hearst on Highway 11 – is one of the smallest of the francophone hamlets on Highway 11. I think only Strickland or Harty are smaller.
(This and the next photo both c/o user P199 at Wiki Commons)
Just east of Hallébourg, Val Coté used to be a tiny farming hamlet, but as farming became less profitable in agriculturally minor areas of Ontario like up here, it soon lost its economic raison d’etre.
There are about 15 houses in Val Coté along with an old barn or two, a church, and a tiny caisse. In the church parking lot there’s a sign advertising the Val Cote Musée Des Pierres, a rock museum.
Val Coté’s church
Sadly not open at 8.45 AM on a long-weekend Friday.
My parents Lina Letourneau and Florent Boucher were married at Eglise Ste-Anne de Hallebourg Mai 20th 1937.
Alain Boucher from Welland originally from Hearst
My parents Lina Letourneau and Florent Boucher were married at Eglise Ste-Anne de Hallebourg Mai 20th 1937.
Alain Boucher from Welland originally from Hearst
My parents Lina Letourneau and Florent Boucher were married at Eglise Ste-Anne de Hallebourg Mai 20th 1937.
i was raised in hallebourg along the highway my parents are still there and i recently bought a piece of land on lot 2 consession 11 my dad and i have been trying to piece the history of the area mostly where everyone used to live im wondering who used to live on lot 2 in between the mitron and leclerc family
J’ai vecu pres d’une année et demi a Hallebourg dans un loyer de la famille Pomminville . Je fut très heureux . J’allais au magasin général après chaque partie de base-ball y acheter de la liqueur a saveur de raisins . J’ai connu Paulo Blanchette et un dénommé Levesque avec j’ai joué un hiver de temps . Dieu que j’aimerais retourner a cette époque car ma vie n’aurais pas été ce qu’elle a été si j’y étais resté
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Born and raised in Hearst, I live in Kanata,now the west end of Ottawa. Recently we had bathroom renovations completed by a very reputable company. The 2carpenters/plumbers/electricians that arrived started talking about a son living in Val Cote….they were born in the hospital in Hearst but were raised in Mattice where their mother ran the general store. Small world. They did an excellent job. Quality people born and raised in Northern Ontario!
Hi, I remember Mr. Alfred and Rose Smith who were operating the General Store in the village. My grandparents Joseph Arthur Vallee were living just across from the store. I am one of their grandchildren. I went to school with Carole, Richard and Pierre Smith. My older brother and sisters went to school with Murielle and Lise. We were living in the concession behind Hallebourg located about 3.5 miles from the village and I remember when the Smith Family left to move in North Bay in 1963 if my memory is good. It was never the same after that. Are you Pierre’s son? I have an aunt who got married with Alfred’s brother. His name was Jimmy Smith. I am doing the family genealogy for Jimmy’s son since we are cousins. If you are interested to receive your grandfather’s genealogy, please let me know. My email is: juliette1954@hotmail.com
My brother Ted and I always stopped in at this store to buy chocolate bars and chips upon returning from our fishing trips on the Mighty Missinabi River. By then we were tired of eating pickerel. The store had a pleasant odor of candy and groceries.
Ted and I were twins. Unfortunately he passed away about 11 years ago. We never had spending money, so during our lunch hour at Hearst Public School ( now Clayton Brown Public School) we would comb the back alleys in Hearst looking for pop and beer bottles, bring them over to Alfred Smiths Confectionery.
He paid two cents a bottle and we would stock up on candy.
What a cool website! Being from the States, I’ve been to N Ontario many times, the Soo is about 3-4 hrs depending how fast you want to get there, friend lives in Porcupine. Was shocked and pleasantly surprised how many French live that far west. Most Americans would assume you were from Quebec that have never been to the interior of N Ontario. Always had pleasant experience in every town and city along Hwy 17 or 11, from Timmons to TB to Kenora, on either route. Great people, clean towns, great scenery. Summer only tho it’s cold and snowy here! Thanks
Hi Mike, thanks for the kind comments. Glad you enjoyed the site.
Always thought it was geographic quirk that border states have much more in common than southern and southwestern states in the same country. Sure that’s the case in many border states in different countries worldwide. I can’t speak only very basic French but I speak perfect Canadian!! No shit to lie! Can’t speak Texan or deep southern US, however, way more difficult to understand lingual nuance from 1500 miles as opposed to 300 miles. Thanks again Mike
I have pictures of the inside and outside of the rock museum. It is a fantastic place to go! So many incredible rocks and Romeo and Therese have some very interesting stories. I would like to share these photos! I encourage everyone in the area to take their visitors there to visit the museum! So educational too for the children!
Thanks, Les, for posting this! Summers are hard on moms who want to write, never mind kepineg up a blog. That infographic cracks me up! Here’s to all the struggling writers who are trying to focus and write brilliantly. Hats to you, and hugs.
just to let you know that the church is no longer there, it was torn down, and there has never been a caisse in val-cote.
This is a history outline of Murielle (Smith) Hughes of North Bay who was requested to do this for Lorne Fleece.
Hallebourg I will never forget that place. Good and bad memories.
In 1950 my parents Alfred Smith and Rose Chabot decided to move from Montreal to Hallebourg to take over my Grandfather “Edouard Chabot” General store. We travelled by car. I was five years old at the time. The business had a Post Office, a gas station and everytthing a person needed to purchase.We worked very hard and long hours.
The name Hallebourg came from Monsigneur Halle and became Hallebourg in 1937. Before that it was named Hallewood by some English speaking people.(A story goes that it was known to have many pretty girls and was nick named Hollywood.)
The population was about 300 t0 400 people, all large families, 12 to 18 kids.They owned farms and the young people worked in the bush.Most people had a car or truck and the train went by ever day and would stop in the village to pick up people. The train was very reliable then. My sister and I would collect the mail bag from the train and bring it home on a sled .
Hallebourg had a nice church named L’Eglise Saint Ann which was the patron saint of Hallebourg.Every year on the 26 of July there was a big celebration in honour of St. Ann. People came from all over,to celebrate pray and sing. It was important. It is still done to-day.The priest then were Fahers Leo D’auteuil, Mathieu Quellette and Gregoire Dufosses.
Education was poor at first,but on the arrival of the Sisters of Assumption everything changed. Lots of kids received an excellent education and became very successful.
I must say my father spoke English and French very well,he was perfectly bilingual so helped out people alot with paper work, translation,he also was the Justice of the Peace. My mother looked after the business during the day, my father had a full time job for the Department of Highways, on top of our business.
My Dad eventually joined the Prudential Insurace Company and was transferred to North Bay
in 1966 and this is were we met the Fleece Family.
My grandparents were Prosper & Emma Desgroseilliers who lived in Hallebourg in the 1920 s. They had the store and post office there. Prosper passed away in 1925 and is buried in the small cemetery at the church there. After his death my grandmother took over as postmistress until I believe 1933 or so. She remarried one Arthur Martin in 1929. If anyone can provide me with any photos or info about those days I would appreciate it.
Mike Desgroseilliers
Hi there i also would love to see photos. My grandparents Alfred and Rose Smith. Took over the store from my great graand father in 1950