Landscape Archives | Grondines, a Land Shaped by Rocks and Tides

Duck nesting box installed by Sylvain Duval in Grondines, 2010

Today, Sylvain Duval’s marshes protect 28 species of freshwater fish and crustaceans (crayfish, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, walleye, bass, pike…), a diverse bird life (herons, raptors, bitterns, ducks…), as […]

Aerial view of Sylvain Duval’s landscaped grounds, 2013

A member of the Regroupement des propriétaires du marais de Grondines, Sylvain Duval took the initiative a step further. When he bought his land in 1993, he noticed […]

Snow geese feeding at Grondines, 2021

Every year, thousands of snow geese stop off at the Grondines headlands on their long spring and autumn migration. The Grondines headlands are also a stopover for many […]

Young people in a canoe near the lighthouse in the Grondines headlands, circa 1945

This photo shows the lighthouse guiding ships in the distance, located in the Grondines headlands between the villages of Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade.

River shore at Grondines, 2022

The calm that reigns on the riverbank today contrasts with the activity that took place there from the late 19th to the first half of the 20th century. […]

Grondines headlands, circa 2000

The Grondines headlands are teeming with life. That’s why Sylvain Duval has been working to protect them since 1994, reclaiming land flooded by the tides twice a day. […]

Grondines, Deschambault and Lotbinière landscape (1796)

This watercolor drawing by Elizabeth Simcoe (1762-1850) provides an exceptional representation of Grondines’ first settlement near the river. Under the identification “Grondines”, we can make out the common […]

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 […]