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Gallery

Please browse the gallery below for all the images, videos and audio related to the exhibition. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play the video/audio clip.
Photo of a small plaster statue of Saint Joseph holding the infant Jesus in his arms.
A newspaper article about the drowning death of Captain Joseph Desgagnés in the waters of the Saguenay River.
Model of the Havre-Aubert schooner. A small wooden model of a ship. The lower portion is black with the upper portion painted white. Small lifeboats and miniature construction materials complete this model ship. The name of the schooner is written on its bow.
Colour photograph of a half-submerged l’Aigle d’Océan. The photograph was taken in front of the ship’s hull. The ship is lying on its side with its masts immersed in water. Crew members are waiting to be rescued on the blue and yellow hull of the ship.
A naïve painting of a sailboat on a calm sea. The schooner and its sails are white. The sea is blue and the sky has greyish and pinkish hues.
An old black and white photograph of the Josuhée. The wooden ship has its sail lowered, with its name clearly visible. At the back, Captain Joseph Desgagnés is standing proudly outside his cabin. There is a wooden dock in the background.
Model of the Rose-Alba sail-powered schooner. The hold of the ship is white, with a small red stripe at the bottom. The ship is fitted with miniature ropes and a small lifeboat at its stern. The model sports four white sails.
An image depicting the evolution of sail-powered schooners towards motor-powered ships. To the left there is an illustration of a sail-powered schooner with its foremast highlighted in green. To the right there is a motor-powered schooner with its boom (front) mast is highlighted in green.
A black and white photograph with, to the left, a dock with lumber strewn about, and to the right, the Mont St-Joseph schooner. The name of the ship is partially hidden by the rigging. Four people are posing on the ship: three young men and their parents.
Black and white photograph Three men standing in front of the Josuhée schooner. The person on the left is holding a shovel, the one in the centre is holding a saw and the one on the right is holding an axe.
A family tree representing the third and fourth generations of Desgagnés sailors. This specific chart focuses on the descendants of Zélada Desgagnés. Under the names of the family members, arrows point to their ships and their sons. Pictograms depicting each ship illustrate the family tree.
A black and white photograph. In the foreground, a young man and woman are sitting on the grass near a tree. Behind them there is a wooden ship, on which three people are barely discernible. The boat seems to float on a narrow canal.
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