Fort Good Hope
Notre Dame de la Bonne Espérance


Fort Good Hope is a tiny village located just below the "Ramparts" (left), at the mouth of the Hareskin River (right).


Though Father Jean Séguin travelled to Tsiigehtchic over the course of three decades, he spent most of his time in Fort Good Hope at the mission of Notre Dame de la Bonne Espérance or Our Lady of Good Hope. Here we see him (with the long white beard) standing with Brother Kearney and Father Houssais in front of the mission house he helped build (early 1860s) which burnt in the 1960s.


When Father Séguin worked on the church (mid 1860s) with Father Émile Petitot, he wrote his parents that "I don't think it will last more than 30 years". The church, declared a national historic site in 1977, has recently been restored.