Today in Canada’s Political History: New Yorker magazine describes President Taft’s summers in La Malbaie, QuebecWhile he is mostly forgotten by most Canadians (and Americans!) today, former U.S. President William Howard Taft – who also became Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court – was perhaps the American President who knew Canada best. For decades Taft, a Republican, spent long periods each year at his cottage in Murray Bay (now known as La Malbaie) Quebec. In the late 1920s, a writer for The New Yorker — his or her name is lost to history, unfortunately — wrote a piece for the magazine describing Taft’s life in Quebec. The Chief Justice is almost an unofficial mayor of Murray Bay.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2022 10:05 UTC