Skip to main content
Go back

Edmond and Marguerite

A young couple posing for the camera. On the left, the man is dressed in a three-piece black suit and is wearing a tie. On the right, the young dark-haired woman is wearing a light-coloured dress with a short jacket. Behind them we see a house and a lot of snow.

Edmond Desgagnés and Marguerite Pilote, 1940

Photographer unknown

Source: collection of Martin Desgagnés

This photograph was taken in March 1940, on the eve of Marguerite and Edmond’s wedding. For navigators, weddings are usually held in winter, when the boats are on shore. Conceived during the colder season, many Desgagnés children are born in the fall.