During the Anglo-French War of 1627-1629, the British successfully captured all of Quebec but were unable to take Fort Lomeron, in what is now Nova Scotia. The fort was under the command of Charles de La Tour, whose father, Claude de La Tour, had been “seduced” by the British with promises of land and titles if he could talk his son into giving up the fort. Charles refused and successfully fought off the British when they attacked.

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de La Tour may have been gratified that the treaty that ended the war returned all of the captured lands to France. Of course, it all eventually ended up in British hands anyway, and the celebration by CN, a crown corporation, of the French victory was probably done to pander to the French descendants who still lived in Canada.

This menu is dated July 12, 1934. It offered a fish course of red snapper or trout, entrées of calf’s sweetbreads or lamb, a joint of roast prime ribs of beef, and a roast turkey. This is the same as the Christopher Columbus menu shown here a few days ago, which was dated June 23, 1934, so these are from two different voyages of the same ship.

This menu is signed by Odell. Not all of the menus in this series have signed artworks, but they are all the same style so I suspect all were done by Gordon K. Odell.