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

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 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 […]