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Browse the gallery below to see all the images, videos and audio recordings from the exhibition "François-Xavier Lachance: An Exceptional Craftsman and Builder of Wooden Boats on Île d'Orleans". Click on the various items to enlarge the pictures and read the descriptions, or to listen and see the audio and video recordings.
Current photography showing traditional carpentry tools, including a planer, a punch and a jig. The tools are placed on a workbench, next to a metal plate inscribed with F.X. Lachance.
Black and white photograph of a wooden building and cedar shingles, with two dormers. Several boards and materials are backed on it. The church of Saint-Laurent is visible in the background, on the left.
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.
Black and white photograph of a large white wooden rowboat, looking brand new, on the road. Two houses, a field and a barn are visible in the background.
Plan of a boat showing the curves and dimensions of the boat’s seven parts. Handmade drawing, on a large sheet that has been folded in four. The folds of the yellowed paper shows the age of the document.
Current photograph of a U shaped wooden template, in close-up, placed on a workbench.
Black and white photograph of a shipyard. There is a dock in the foreground, as well as a sailboat with three masts and a second without mast in the center of the image. Large buildings are located on the water's edge on the right. The upper city of Quebec is visible in the background.
Black and white photograph of a man working to fix the siding of a large boat on pedestals. He is standing on a wooden scaffolding. A young boy is standing at the top of the hold structure.
Black and white photograph of the Saint-Laurent shipyard. The structure of an large boat is on the right, in the foreground. Two sailboats under construction are in the center. The St. Lawrence River occupies the entire background, as well as the coast of the south shore.
Black and white photograph of a group of about thirty workers posing in front of the side wall of a plank building, outside. The men are dressed in a working bitch or overalls. Many smoke and smile while looking at the camera. Others look towards François-Xavier Lachance, in the center. To his right is a man wearing a cloak, tie and hat.
Black and white photograph showing a cruiser yacht mounted on a base in front of a building with a large door, in winter. Four men are busy around the boat on the ground. Other boats are visible on the left.
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