Portfolio
Books
Islands of History
Available for purchase at:
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302, boul. de Bonne-Espérance
Bonne-Espérance (Québec)
Canada G0G 2P0
Tel: 418-379-2211
Memphremagog
An Illustrated History
(volumes 1 and 2)
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20 carré Copp, Georgeville, QC J0B 1T0
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https://shop.townshippers.org/?s=memphremagog
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3 chemin George-R.-Jewett, Mansonville (Vale Perkins), QC J0E 1X0
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45 chemin Lakeside, Lac-Brome (Knowlton), QC J0E 1V0
Website: https://www.bromelakebooks.ca/
Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree
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20 carré Copp, Georgeville, QC J0B 1T0
studiogeorgeville@gmail.com 1-819-843-9992
The Heart of the Farm:
A History of Barns and Fences in the Eastern Townships of Quebec
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20 carré Copp, Georgeville, QC J0B 1T0
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Online Shop: https://shop.townshippers.org/?s=the+heart+of+the+farm
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168E Queen Street, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), QC J1M 1J9 Email: boutiqueduchatnoir@gmail.com 1-819-346-1786
The French Shore:
Newfoundland’s Port-au-Port Peninsula
The Coast Way:
A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore
of the St. Lawrence
Films
Ayer’s Cliff Fair: Then and Now (2020)
From the arrival of the midway carnies to the departure of the last horse trailer, this high-spirited film gives an intimate look at one of Canada’s most beloved county fairs.
It was broadcast on WNED PBS in 2022.
The Ahiarmiut:
Out-of-the-Way Dwellers (2020)
The story of the Ahiarmiut, an Inuit group in Nunavut that the Canadian government forcibly relocated between 1950 and 1960, through the eyes of Mary (Ayaaq) Anowtalik and David Serkoak, two survivors determined to keep their history alive and receive justice.
This film was an official selection at the Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika FilmFestival in Stuttgart, Germany, in 2023.
Niels Jensen, Cabinetmaker (2019)
Part of a series by Louise Abbott called A Portrait of the Artist. This short documentary follows a sixth-generation cabinetmaker of Danish origin, Niels Jensen, as he accompanies a diver to retrieve an ancient birch log from a lakebed and then transports it to a sawmill, a kiln, and ultimately to his workshop, where he transforms it into a stunning dining table.
It was broadcast on WNED PBS in 2022.
CRUX: The Transformation of AnneBruce Falconer (2021)
This short documentary was an official selection at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in Montreal in March 2022 and was subsequently chosen for a collection of the best Canadian films on dance from the 1960s to the present day (La Collection Regards Hybrides).
Photos
Anne-Denise Hilaire Cius, Gonaives, Haiti,1986
Collection of the National Gallery of Canada
Camille Griffin transferring cod to his father’s stage, or shed, for salting, Salmon Bay, Lower North Shore, Quebec, 1983
Collection of Library and Archives Canada
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“Shooting for a Place in History,” Martin Coles (The Globe and Mail, February 23, 1985)
Hauling logs, Lourdes, Port-au-Port Peninsula, Newfoundland, 1985
Collection of Library and Archives Canada
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E. Annie Proulx, Foreword to The French Shore: Newfoundland’s Port-au-Port Peninsula
Marion Cox, Fort George Island, Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, 2009
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Norman Gull, Foreword to Eeyou Istchee: Land of the Cree
Media
Globe and Mail podcast (2024)
Does heritage preservation stand in the way of housing?
Louise Abbott helps to tell the story of the Van Horne mansion and its legacy in heritage conservation.
Photogenic Montreal (McGill-Queen’s University Press (2021)
Louise Abbott’s photography of the demolition of the Van Horne mansion is featured in chapter 10—“Architecture, Photography, and Power: Picturing Montreal, 1973-74.” (Cynthia Imogen Hammond).
All in a Weekend (CBC Radio)
Louise Abbott in interview with Sonali Karnick
(September 2025)
A steamboat called the Mountain Maid was the vehicle that jump-started tourism in the Eastern Townships. We'll hear about a new documentary about how steamboats changed the region.
Photogenic Montreal: Activisms and Archives in a Post-Industrial City — Cheryl Simon