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Charles R. (Charles Roger) Daoust
1865–1924
A French-Canadian journalist, translator, and poet, he is best remembered for turning lived history into vivid narrative. His best-known book follows the 65th Battalion during the 1885 North-West campaign and shows an eye for detail shaped by reporting as much as by writing.
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Cent-vingt jours de service actif Récit Historique Très Complet de la Campagne du 65ème au Nord-Ouest
by Charles R. (Charles Roger) Daoust
About the author
Born in Montreal on March 30, 1865, Charles Roger Daoust built a career as a journalist and translator, and he later became an important figure in French-language writing in Canada and New England. Archival records describe him as educated at Collège Saint-Sulpice, Montreal High School, and McGill University.
Daoust is most closely associated with Cent-vingt jours de service actif (1886), a detailed historical account of the 65th Battalion's campaign in the North-West in 1885. His surviving archival fonds also point to a broader literary life, including poetry, articles, and correspondence, while later studies of Franco-American journalism show that his work mattered beyond a single book.
He died in Manchester, New Hampshire, on November 17, 1924. Although he is not widely known today, his writing offers a valuable window into French-Canadian public life, military memory, and the world of Franco-American newspapers.