A witch, a demon and an exorcism? Welcome to life in 1660
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Find and follow West of Center wherever you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. Welcome to Ideas. I'm Nala Ayed. In 1661, the town we now call Quebec City stood in exactly the same spot.
Just like today it had an upper town, it had a lower town, and busy docks on the bank of the St. Lawrence River. The town's population was much smaller, of course, just around 700 people, most of them French, some of them Wendat. Every resident professed to be a Catholic. Unless you count the demon.
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