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Bonaventure butter factory wrapping paper | Butter factory wrapping paper |
Information about the object
Historical period
Unknown
Dimensions
Height: 43.6 cm. Width: 35.8 cm. Depth: 2.6 cm.
Classification
Tools and equipment -- Food production
Accession number
2015.1.227
Division
Material culture -- Armament, science, and technology -- Trade
Collection
Unknown
Donor
Unknown
Category/theme
Description of the object
Wrapping paper for butter from the Bonaventure Regional Dairy Products Cooperative.
Value of the item
The object reflects a skill traditionally associated with or practiced by the Acadian population. It reflects the development of Acadian and Gaspé culinary arts, including butter making, both artisanal and commercial.
The object also reflects the development of an important Acadian organization, the Société coopérative régionale de produits laitiers (regional dairy cooperative).
The object also reflects the development of an important Acadian organization, the Société coopérative régionale de produits laitiers (regional dairy cooperative).
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Butter production has a long history in Bonaventure. In 1905, the Bonaventure Butter Manufacturing Company was founded by Reverend Thomas Gravel, Representative Charles Marcil, and several directors: Omer Henry, Louis Bourdages, Stanislas Poirier, Hilarion Arsenault, Joseph Arsenault, Alexis Poirier, Joseph Cavanagh, Alfred Bourdages, and L. J. Bujold, secretary. In 1948, this butter factory became the Société coopérative agricole régionale de produits laitiers (Regional Agricultural Cooperative for Dairy Products), which brought together the parishes of Port-Daniel, Saint-Godefroi, Paspébiac, Saint-Jogues, New Carlisle, Bonaventure, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Siméon, and Saint-Alphonse. (Source: Jean Arsenault, president, Bicentenaire de Bonaventure 1760-1960. Bonaventure, Comité des fêtes, 1960. 399 pages.)