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Émile Lizotte (1902-1988), Farmer-Fisher

A man wearing work clothes and a cap stands with a cigarette in his mouth inside what seems to be an enclosure formed by two barriers of branches that meet at the opening of a wooden container. The barriers come up to his shoulders. The river can be seen in the background along with another barrier of branches extending into the water.

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

Émile Lizotte and his son Georges-Henri built brush weirs like this one until 1969, using a technique that had been employed for over 200 years. The weir shown here measured 365 m long by 2 m high in places.