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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.
A newspaper article about the wintering of several ships at the Chantiers maritimes de Charlevoix shipyards. The header features two photographs showing several schooners lined up on the shores of the shipyards.
Drawing of a ship’s anchor. The lines are light grey, the anchor is white.
An old black and white photograph. In the foreground, a young child walks alone on wooden planks. In the background, around two dozen men are pushing a schooner towards the river.
Black and white photograph. Two people are in the foreground. They appear to be sitting on the hull of a ship. One has a mallet in his hand. Just behind him, a young man watches him carefully. In the background one can make out a construction site, complete with various construction materials and workers.
A black and white photo of four men in work clothes. On the left, two teenagers, in the middle, an older man, and on the right a man in his prime. Behind them we can see two masts and some rigging.
Blueprint of the Mont Ste-Marie schooner. The plan is printed on blue paper. The lines of the ship and writing are done in white. The plan shows two cross-sections of the ship, as well as its hull and bow. In the lower left corner, an inscription reads: “Plan M.V. Mont Ste-Marie”.
Family tree. The names of J.A.Z., Roland and Maurice Desgagnés appear in bold, along with their date of birth and date of death. Under them are four pictograms of motor-powered schooners, along with their names.
This black and white photograph shows a schooner under construction. The ship appears to be almost finished. There is wooden scaffolding all around the structure. A few men—tiny in the photograph—are busy working on the ship. In front of the ship, a man is standing in the tall grass observing the scene.
A black and white photograph of a schooner on the St. Lawrence River. There is a large body of water in the foreground. To the right, a dock stretches out into the water. Many people are standing on the dock, observing the majestic white ship adorned with many maritime flags. There are more people aboard the schooner.
A pay slip belonging to Captain J.A.Z. Desgagnés and his six crew members. The document is a booklet that opens on a double page of squared paper. Each crew member’s information is hand-written in blue. There is a note written over the unemployment insurance stamps at the bottom of the left page.
Black and white photograph. In the centre of the picture stands the Mont Ste-Marie schooner at dock. The ship is white, with its name painted black. It has two masts. The dock is made of wood. There are two small rowboats in the water in front of it.
Black and white photograph. In the foreground, a group of people in Sunday clothes on a small stage. In front of them, a priest is standing next to two women holding bouquets of flowers. Behind them, towering over the group, is the huge white hull of a ship. The name of the ship is painted on both sides of the hull: Mont St-Martin.
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