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Father Demers arrives in New Caledonia (Fort St. James)

1842
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Father Modeste Demers, a priest from Quebec, accompanied fur traders on their annual brigade to New Caledonia, introducing Catholicism to the area. Demers was later appointed Bishop of Vancouver Island, and established Catholic missions on Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia. Many of the missions established by Demers later became sites for residential schools.

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