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Steel column The mills site in the fall of 1976 Presumed portrait of Pehr Kalm View of the mills’ dike from La Visitation Island in 1839 Sault-au-Récollet and its surroundings in 1744 Geographical location of Sault-au-Récollet in the Hochelaga archipelago (Montreal Islands) A tribute to the Sault’s masons A spring ritual: shad fishing Overview of the Mills site today Map of the Sault’s village core, likely drawn between 1726 and 1749 (detail) Simon Sicard, Miller Initial functions of the Mills site Gears, wheels and drive belts Jean Sicard and his son Simon Arthur Sicard, inventor of the snowblower The Sicard lineage into the 20th century The Fort Lorette missionary outpost in Sault-au-Récollet (1696–1721) Stéphane Raymond, Métis Geographical location of the fort of the missionary outpost of Nouvelle-Lorette and Kanehsatà:ke The arrowhead Artifacts testifying to the presence of the First Peoples Depiction of the Nouvelle-Lorette fort in Father Beaubien’s time The territory of the Sault-au-Récollet parish in 1834 The Nouvelle-Lorette mission overlaid on the built environment of Sault-au-Récollet today The Lachapelles Paschal Persillier dit Lachapelle Sr., and the house of his son Pascal The nail Two turbines in the snow The waterwheel from a hydraulic turbine In the early years of the 20th century: papermaking on the mills dike La Visitation Island and the Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1947 Last industrial uses of the Mills site Buildings of the Back River Power Company in 1942 Offices of the Back River Power Company in 1942 Gérald Morel — The strike Fred Oberlander and the Milmont The Church of La Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie, as seen from La Visitation Island, circa 1900 Topographical map of the Sault-au-Récollet area sometime after 1940 The Sault’s roads The last tramways: the 24 Millen-Sault line Sault-au-Récollet and Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1963 The Sault-au-Récollet cider press The master of the cider press Didier Joubert — Miller The cider press house: housing for workers’ families The cider press house today The miller’s house during renovations, 2017 The cutting and storing of ice A mountain of apples and a very large ice house Jacques Paquette — Ice cutter Life on the Island Alphonse Mérineau, his daughter Georgette and son Alfred A few of the Danis children Children of Sault-au-Récollet, Du Pressoir Street, 1939 Daniel Danis and his family The village school, circa 1900 Jeff Geoffrion’s restaurant and pool hall Tennis on ice near the La Visitation school The Mills site Marcel Henley Women working in wartime Group of working women on De l’Île-de-la-Visitation Street in 1941 Paper pulp mixer The Sault-au-Récollet conservation society Axonometric view of the concept proposed in 1991 for the restoration of the Mills site Gérald Morel — Preservation of the Mills site Two turbines removed from the dike The commemorative structures and vestiges of the mills, spring 2022 First performance of the Mémoires d’Ahuntsic anthem Mémoires d’Ahuntsic (la patience des mouches à feu) [Memories of Ahuntsic (the patience of fireflies)] The Mémoires d’Ahuntsic anthem — Official video courtesy of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough Jacques Boulerice, Clément Canac-Marquis and Kiya Tabassian
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