FORTIN, Joseph Ernest (1877-1945)
(biography in preparation)
FORTIN & BUCHANAN (works in Saskatchewan)
REGINA, SASK., Knights of Columbus Hall, Cornwall Street, 1912 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 7 Sept. 1912, 9, descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Cathedral, 13th Avenue near Cameron Street, 1912-13 (C.R., xxvii, 2 April 1913, 72-3; Holy Rosary Cathedral Archives, copy of original Specifications)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, begun 1912; completed by Thompson & Hargreaves in 1924; rectory, 1913. demol. 1982 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 21 June 1913, 5, t.c.; 4 Oct. 1913, 7, illus.)
J.E. FORTIN (works in Saskatchewan)
REGINA, SASK., Holy Rosary Roman Catholic School, 14th Avenue, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 12 Aug. 1914, 73-4)
BLUMENFELD, SASK., Saints Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church, Range Road 3255 at Township Road 210, 1915; still standing in 2023 (M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship: Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 62-65, illus.; MSS notes, from church records now held at Little Flower R.C. Church at Leader, Sask.; inf. Marg Hryniuk, Regina)
PONTEIX, SASK., Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church and presbytery, 1915-16, church burned 1923 (Le Patriote de L'Ouest [Prince Albert, Sask.] 16 Dec. 1915, 5)
PONTEIX, SASK., Roman Catholic Hospital and Convent, 1916-18 (Le Patriote de L'Ouest [Prince Albert, Sask.] 16 Dec. 1915, 5)
KENDAL, SASK., St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Main Street at 2nd Avenue, 1916; still standing in 2023 (Morning Leader [Regina], 19 Sept. 1916, 12, t.c.)
DAVIDSON, SASK., public school, 1917, major addition, 1919 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 14 March 1917, 15, t.c.; Morning Leader [Regina], 23 July 1919, 8, and 28 Feb. 1920, 13, illus. in advert. for Poole Construction Ltd.)
GRAVELBOURG, SASK., a large 4 storey Roman Catholic Convent, 1917 (Morning Leader (Regina), 3 May 1919, 14; and 28 Feb. 1920, 13, illus. in advert. for Poole Construction Ltd.; Historic Architecture of Saskatchewan, 1986, 128, illus.)
GRAVELBOURG, SASK., Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral and Rectory, 1st Avenue West at Notre Dame Street, 1918; still standing in 2023 (Morning Leader [Regina], 15 March 1919, 36, descrip.; Moose Jaw Daily News, 15 March 1919, 5; Saskatoon Daily Star, 3 May 1919, 14; Le Patriot de L'Ouest [Prince Albert, Sask.], 12 Nov. 1919, 1, descrip.; Historic Architecture of Saskatchewan, 1986, 128-9, illus.; dwgs. at SAB, DPW Coll. RP 10.1; M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship: Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 70-73, illus. & descrip.)
GRAVELBOURG, SASK., St. Joseph Roman Catholic Hospital, 1919 (Morning Leader [Regina], 15 March 1919, 36, descrip.; Moose Jaw Daily News, 15 March 1919, 5; C.R., xxxiii, 26 March 1919, 44; Saskatoon Daily Star, 3 May 1919, 14)
MONTMARTRE, SASK., Roman Catholic Church, 1st Avenue East at 2nd Street, 1918-19; still standing in 2023 (Morning Leader [Regina], 10 May 1918, 10, and 28 Feb. 1920, 13, illus. in advert for Poole Const. Ltd.)
GRAVELBOURG, SASK., Roman Catholic College, 1919 (Morning Leader [Regina], 15 March 1919, 36, descrip.; Moose Jaw Daily News, 15 March 1919, 5; Saskatoon Daily Star, 3 May 1919, 14; C.R., xxxiii, 26 March 1919, 44)
REGINA, SASK., a terrace of four houses for Campion College, Argyle Street at 8th Avenue, 1919 (Morning Leader [Regina], 12 Aug. 1919, 12, descrip.; inf. Ross Herrington, Regina)
LaFLECHE, SASK., Ste. Radegonde Roman Catholic Church, 4th Avenue West at Main Street, 1922, still standing in 2024 (Morning Leader [Regina], 27 May 1922, 15, descrip., but credited only to .....'J.P. O'Leary. of Montreal and Regina', which is a reference to John P. O'Leary, a contractor and building superintendent in Regina who was representing Joseph Ernest Fortln of Montreal; Historical Sketches of the Parishes of Gravelbourg 1930-1955, 59-60; inf. F. Korvemaker, Regina)