Marmette Bay South
Marmette may refer to: People * Joseph Marmette (1844–1895), Canadian novelist and historian * Marie-Louise Marmette (1870–1928), French-Canadian author and lecturer Places *Marmette Lake The Lake Marmette is a freshwater body located in the Center-North part of Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque (in the South-East of village of Obedjiwan), in the administrative region of Mauricie, in province of Quebec, ...

Joseph Marmette
Joseph-Étienne-Eugène Marmette (October 25, 1844 – May 7, 1895) was a Canadian novelist and historian. Life Born in Montmagny, Canada East, Marmette was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and Regiopolis College. He started studying law at the Université Laval but did not complete his studies. Instead he became a clerk in the office of the Treasury of the provincial government. In 1882, he moved to Europe when he was appointed a special agent for immigration for Switzerland and France. While in Europe, he was appointed Canadian archivist in France. He was succeeded by Édouard Richard. He was one of the founders of the "Cercle des Dix", a group where literature, history, science, and geography were discussed. Other members were Benjamin Sulte, Alfred Duclos, and Alphonse Lusignan. His daughter Marie-Louise Marmette was an author and lecturer. He died in Ottawa, Ontario in 1895. Thematic and aesthetic Joseph Marmette wrote mainly historical novels, covering ...
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Marie-Louise Marmette
Marie-Louise Marmette (1870–1928) (baptized as Marie-Louise-Joséphine-Esther-Eliza), known as Louyse de Bienville (Brodeur), was a French-Canadian author and lecturer.Line Gosselin,Marmette, Marie-Louise (in English), or (in French), ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography = Dictionnaire biographique du Canada''. She often used the pseudonym Domino Noir. Youth Marie-Louise Marmette was born in Quebec on March 29, 1870. Her mother was Marie-Joséphine Garneau. Her father, Joseph-Étienne-Eugène Marmette, was a prolific francophone writer and one of the founders of the Cercle des Dix, an Ottawa literary society, who she accompanied to several literary salons in Quebec City. Her maternal grandfather was the historian François-Xavier Garneau. From 1880 to 1882, Marie-Louise studied with the religious community of the Ursulines of Quebec. She continued her studies in Ottawa with the Congrégation de Notre-Dame, and studied literature in the four years her family lived in Paris, du ...
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