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The sculptor and one of his works, Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay

Black and white archival photo. A man leans against the foot of a statue that stands several times his height. The white sculpture of the Virgin Mary has a crown of stars, and her hands are clasped in prayer. The statue is mounted on a pedestal built directly into the rock.

Source: Cap Trinité – Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay statue [detail], circa 1900, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, P600,S6,D5,P93

Louis poses proudly beside his monumental work known as Notre-Dame-du-Saguenay. This ex-voto of the Immaculate Conception commissioned in September 1880 by Charles-Napoléon Robitaille towers atop Cap Trinité. The 7.5 metre statue—the highest ever commissioned in Canada at the time—still amazes visitors to this day.