An Afternoon on the River
![Vintage sepia photograph showing a hundred or so people watching a regatta on a river. At the top of the image are the handwritten words “Régate –1910” [Regatta – 1910].](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/laval-economie-diversifiee_economic-diversification/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/09/P80-A1-043.jpg)
Regatta of canoes on Des Prairies River, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 1910
Reference: Centre d’archives de Laval, P80/A1, 043, Fonds Denise Labrecque
Our ancestors knew how to have fun. This postcard from 1910 features one of the canoe regattas that were held on Des Prairies River in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. This type of event evidently attracted a large crowd.