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

Émile Sauvageau, Pierre Trottier and his father Donat proudly pose with a bustard, Grondines, 1958

At the age of 13, Pierre Trottier, along with his father Donat and hunting partner Émile Sauvageau, discovered a heritage more than a century old: waterfowl hunting. He […]

Isidore Arcand grocery store, circa 1950

Micheline and Serge, sitting in their little rocking chair, are all smiles on the forecourt of their father Isidore Arcand’s grocery store. Like the small grocery stores of […]

Isidore Arcand grocery store, Grondines, 1954

From his newly renovated grocery store, Isidore watches over his daughters Roseline and Viviane, who seem to be waiting patiently for their father’s customers. Like all small-scale grocers […]

Students at the lower parish school, circa 1953

The “lower parish” school to the east of the village still exists at 61 Chemin du Roy.

La p’tite école du rang (1978) (The Little Schoolhouse), Thérèse Sauvageau

The interior of the schools was modest, with a double-decker stove providing all the comfort and warmth needed to concentrate and learn.

Students at the Frappe-Sacre school, 1953

When the number of children was large enough, a schoolhouse was built at the expense of the district. What’s more, “each school district in rural parishes had its […]

Students at the “upper parish” school, circa 1935

The “upper parish” school was located in front of 960 Chemin du Roy, in the western part of the village. As the schoolhouses closed in the late 1960s, […]

Two children with their calves, Grondines, circa 1955

By the turn of the 1950s, many Grondines farms were dedicated to dairy production.