CHAMPLAIN SERIES: Charlie Hill
A monument to Samuel de Champlain crowns the cliff overlooking the Kitchi-sippi or Ottawa River and Chaudière Falls. Facing west he holds aloft, though upside down, a replica of an astrolabe originally thought to have belonged to Champlain. Erected to celebrate the tercentenary of Champlain's first voyage up the river, a bronze pine bough and a fleur de lis carved in stone frame the inscription Champlain 1613 1913. Below [.....]
CHAMPLAIN SERIES: Cathy Busy
It had been a busy day, and I raced up to the monument right at the end of the picture-taking time. The afternoon was hot, sunny, and breezy. By the time I had my bike helmet off, I felt the significance of this collective event of having our pictures taken with the revised Champlain monument.When it was my turn to pose, I stood beside the spot where the scout had been removed. I thought about what a positive political [.....]
CHAMPLAIN SERIES: Cynthia Hammond
Only a copper green stain remembers where the Scout once knelt. The platform in empty, its potential to speak of a history of racism muted within the diplomatic decision to remove the figure to a grassy patch between the Parliament buildings and the National Gallery. Surrounded by indigenous grasses, the Scout looks fierce but estranged from the source of his consternation. Up at the Point, we were getting to the point. I [.....]
