François-Xavier Lachance: An Exceptional Craftsman and Builder of Wooden Boats on Île d’Orléans François-Xavier Lachance, a first-rate craftsman and builder of wooden boats on Île d’Orléans Musée maritime de l'île d'Orléans
Father Elphège-Marie Brassard in 1945; he was the Artistic Director at St. Joseph’s Oratory.
Alphonse-Liguori Lachance, François-Xavier’s father, circa 1900.
François-Xavier Lachance embodies the boatbuilding tradition of Saint-Laurent.