Wakefield’s Fairbairn House Heritage Centre is pleased to share its latest exhibition, Notable Women of the Outaouais, which celebrates the remarkable lives and accomplishments of four women from the Pontiac. This talk highlights the variety of ways these women altered the social and physical landscape of the area. They poured their energy into worthwhile community ventures that have had lasting results. Despite sometimes harsh conditions, in métiers that weren’t necessarily congenial to women, they overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles with integrity and passion. They lived extraordinary lives, although they may not have labelled them as such.