Category: People

A retired captain

Captain Yvan Desgagnés

This photograph was taken when Yvan Desgagnés was a student at the École maritime in Rimouski.

The Audets: master shipwrights

A child on the shipyard

Between 1934 and 1964 one of the town’s two elementary schools overlooked the shipyards, giving the children front-row seats to see the schooners as they were being built, […]

Berthe Desgagnés

As a captain’s daughter and sister, Berthe Desgagnés was one of the 20 shareholders of the Chantiers maritimes de Charlevoix shipyards.

Gabrielle Desgagnés

A businesswoman, Gabrielle Desgagnés was one of the 20 shareholders of the Chantiers maritimes de Charlevoix shipyards. She ran a shop from the basement of his cousin J.A.Z. Desgagnés.

Typewriters and children’s games

Even in the warm summer months, the wives of navigators work tirelessly. Administrative and clerical duties do not take vacations!

Dishes duty

A trip aboard a schooner

Yvonnette Cimon (left) is Captain Gérard Desgagnés’ fiancée. She has permission to accompany her betrothed on his schooner, under the supervision of her chaperons. She is accompanied here […]

The G. Montcalm schooner

Two of Joseph’s children, Valentine and Roger posing in front of the G. Montcalm, the new family schooner. They had probably been travelling with their father and older […]

The Mont St-Joseph schooner

The Mont St-Joseph Schooner is the first motor-powered schooner built in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, in 1935.

Zéphirin Desgagnés