François-Xavier Lachance: An Exceptional Craftsman and Builder of Wooden Boats on Île d’Orléans François-Xavier Lachance, a first-rate craftsman and builder of wooden boats on Île d’Orléans Musée maritime de l'île d'Orléans

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The Godbout Rowboat Shop

Color photograph showing the relocation by boat of a wooden and cedar shingles rowboat shop. The building sits on a trailer pulled by a truck, all mounted on a barge. Five workers are on the barge or near the shore. Curious children and adults watch the scene.

Jean-Guy Lachance collection

The Godbout rowboat shop built circa 1838. It remained in activity until 1962, before being moved across the water to Musée maritime de l’île d’Orléans in 1989.