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Category: Leisure

River crossing, summer 2000

River crossing, summer 2000

For 11 years, swimmers have faced the river’s tumultuous waters for the sheer pleasure of it, in the Traversée du fleuve Grondines-Leclercville.
Louis Guilbault, winner of the 1980 boxcar race

Louis Guilbault, winner of the 1980 boxcar race

With a medal around his neck, Louis Guilbault poses with his family. His boxcar, built by none other than carpenter Jacques Mayrand, was crowned the winner of this […]
River crossing, summer 2000

River crossing, summer 2000

In the summer of 1995, a group of swimmers tackled the 3.5 km between the Grondines and Leclercville wharves for the first time. Raymond Faucher’s idea of swimming […]