Amédée Papineau

Who was Amédée Papineau?

Louis-Joseph-Amédée Papineau, or Amédée Papineau the founder of the Société des Fils de la Liberté. He was the son of Louis-Joseph Papineau. He is also the uncle of the journalist Henri Bourassa, the founder of the newspaper Le Devoir.

One of Amédée Papineau's grandchildren was nicknamed "Tan" Papineau. Tan considered himself to be a 'black sheep' of the Papineau family. He lived off of the grounds of Chateau Montebello, in the Manoir, Montebello QC, but was employed summers at Camp Lewis,[c. 1964-1972] a Montreal boy's welfare camp located outside of St. Adolphe d'Howard, QC. Tan was in charge of the boat house, maintaining the canoes, row boats and other equipment. He told many stories of his childhood memories of his father and grandfather. Tan's connections and interactions with First Nations people helped form the content from which Camp Lewis' folk lore tales, and First Nations costumes, and 16 to 20 foot tripper canoes and authentic totem poles for the camp were gleaned.