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A Gentle Trot

Vintage black and white photograph. Three people travelling by winter calèche on a snow-covered frozen river.

Winter outing on Des Prairies River, circa 1901

Reference: Centre d’archives de Laval, P080/A2, 02.337, Fonds Denise Labrecque

A winter outing on Des Prairies River in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, circa 1901. From the beginning of colonization until numerous bridges were built, ice bridges on the rivers served as transportation corridors in winter.