What does Canada look like?

For Chambly (1856)
by Cornelius Krieghoff

Remember those two essential questions: How would you describe Canada? What does being Canadian look like?

Sometimes the answer to that is given by painters, in this case, Cornelius Krieghoff in his painting of Fort Trembly. He shows us a frozen river, a red sleigh, a habitant’s cabin, children playing in the snow.

Now isn’t that just the stuff of what being Canadian looks like?

I hung out a long time, just enjoying this painting in the Library and Archives of Canada in Ottawa.

Arta