Ice Storm 1998: Immersion in the Black and the Cold Ice Storm 1998: Immersion in the Black and the Cold Musée du Haut-Richelieu
Robert Cantin was appointed commander of the Saint-Jean Garrison on January 5, 1998, on the eve of the crisis. The training had to be accelerated to manage this […]
Edmonton Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry soldiers helped during the crisis.
A large part of the soldiers deployed in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu were housed in the garrison, in the Mégastructure, whose trees had not been spared.
Soldiers removed branches of public spaces.
The linesmen worked long hours a day reconnecting the subscribers.
The linesmen worked to pass electricity on the Gouin bridge to light the two shores of the Richelieu river.
A team of New York linesmen worked side by side with Hydro Québec, January 24, 1998.
Hydro-Québec crews worked 12 to 16 hours a day to restore power as quickly as possible, January 22, 1998
Linesmen rebuilded the network in a Haut-Richelieu countryside.
American teams working in Lacolle.
Linesmen worked together to restore power as quickly as possible.
Miroslaw Smereka, mayor of Saint-Jean, talked with soldiers, under the watchful eye of Robert Cantin, commander of the garrison.
