Champlain Marcil (19202010) was a

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best known for being the photographer of the daily newspaper ''

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'' from 1948 to 1969. In addition, he was active from 1940 to 1985 in depicting the

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region of western

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and

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Personal life

Marcil was born in

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in June 1920 to Rose-Alba Carle and Roméo R. Marcil. He was one of nine children. Marcil married Pauline Vachon in 1947, and they had five children. He died in 2010 and is interred in Notre-Dame Cemetery in Ottawa. He was a life member of the

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, and a member of various Christian organizations.

Career

He began his career as a professional photographer in 1940, recording the Eucharistic Congress at

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

.Fonds d'archives Champlain Marcil - BAnQ Gatineau
/ref> In 1947, he shot the and became a freelancer for ''Le Droit'', becoming a permanent contributor from 1954 to 1969. At the same time, he was class photographer for 125 schools in the Hawkesbury - Ottawa area. The Champlain Marcil archives contains 135,425 photographs and is preserved in the

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(National Library and Archives of Québec) in

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ...

.Fonds d'archives Champlain Marcil - BAnQ Gatineau
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References

External links

Champlain Marcil archives
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