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Category: Social History

The commemorative structures and vestiges of the mills, spring 2022

The commemorative structures and vestiges of the mills, spring 2022

View from the vestiges of the old installations, as seen from Du Pont Street looking toward the belvedere on the river.
Women working in wartime

Women working in wartime

Women working at the Back River Power Company take part in the war effort by preparing cardboard packaging for ammunition that will be shipped to the European front […]
Alphonse Mérineau, his daughter Georgette and son Alfred

Alphonse Mérineau, his daughter Georgette and son Alfred

Alphonse Mérineau, his daughter Georgette, born in 1921, and his son Alfred on the porch of their home on Du Pressoir Street, May 15, 1925.
Map of the Sault’s village core, likely drawn between 1726 and 1749 (detail)

Map of the Sault’s village core, likely drawn between 1726 and 1749 (detail)

Detail of an anonymous and undated map of the sector between Fort Lorette and the mills’ dike. The first structures on the dike are represented, but not the […]
Simon Sicard, Miller

Simon Sicard, Miller

Stéphane Tessier (ST), historian and cultural animator, explains Simon Sicard’s role as miller, and his importance in the village of Sault-au-Récollet. We hear him off-screen at the start […]
Overview of the Mills site today

Overview of the Mills site today

We follow the camera into the less accessible vestiges of the old mills, appreciating in passing the water running through the site as well as the surrounding nature. […]