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Les Raquetteurs

Louis-Philippe Gagne, Lewiston, ca. 1947

Louis-Philippe Gagne, Lewiston, ca. 1947

Item 33637 info
Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries

A former sports editor for a Québec City daily newspaper, Louis-Philippe Gagné immigrated to Lewiston in 1922.

He carried with him the hope of transplanting the raquetteur tradition to his adopted country.