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Brush Weir on the pointe de la rivière Ouelle

A young man dressed in work clothes stands in the foreground with his back to a long brush weir (i.e. a barrier made of small woven branches) measuring 1.80 m high. He is holding a shovel in his left hand and is facing the photographer. Black and white photograph.

Location: Rivière-Ouelle (Québec)
Date: 1966
Photo: Marcel Moussette

In this photograph, Georges-Henri Lizotte, Émile’s son, is standing in front of the leader of one of the family’s two brush weirs. Today, Georges-Henri makes one of these weirs with fixed nets and the other with floating nets.