Video
This short video, exploring Narcisse Maxime Cantin's dream for the City of St. Joseph, ON, was created for Innovative Huron, a temporary exhibit featured at the Huron County Museum in 2008/2009. It is narrated by Great-Grandson Marc Allen Cantin.
A brief outline of the activities for Narcisse Cantin by his grandson Napoleon E. Cantin.
2011— The Historical Society presented “Narcisse“, an outdoor theatrical event July 19 to 23 and 26 to 30, 2011. The play Narcisse tells the story of arguably one of Huron County’s most colourful residents – Narcisse Cantin – best known for his audacious plan to create a mammoth canal cutting across Southwestern Ontario, connecting Lake Huron to Lake Erie from St. Joseph to Port Stanley. Cantin turned St. Joseph into an early 20th Century boomtown on speculation of the canal’s construction. This charismatic promoter forged friendships with prominent people including American steel magnate Charles Schwab and recently-canonized Brother André, founding cleric of St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montréal.
2013 – The Society developed and presented the historically and culturally relevant production, “White Hurricane”, at Hessenland Country Inn.
The 1913 storm was a blizzard with Hurricane force winds. The play brought to life the decisions to risk one last voyage; the warnings; the lives of those lost; and, the impact on our community.
The production was to run one weekend. It soon became apparent that 3 more nights and another weekend were needed.