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Workers among the stacks of lumber at the foot of the Montmorency Falls

Sepia archival photos showing stacks of timber several metres high, forming a long corridor bustling with activity. Some of the workers are busy transferring planks from a horse-drawn cart to the top of one of the piles. In the forefront, on the right, a man in a suit and tie is looking at the camera.

Source: Montmorency Mills, Louis-Prudent Vallée, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, P1000,S4,D26,P6, Centre d’archives de Québec collection

The stacks of timber as far as you can see bear testament to the size of the industry developed first by Peter, then carried on by his son-in-law George Benson Hall. The sawmills at the foot of the Montmorency Falls remained in operation until 1892.