Transport Archives | From Pioneer to Premier: the Seigniorial and Village History of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

Sainte-Anne River Bridge

This bridge was erected on the Sainte-Anne River after the 1894 scree. It was swept away by the 1936 ice breakup.

The Fur Trade

Trading with members of First Nations is frequent at the time and those meetings are an occasion to exchange fur, meat but also brandy, which at that time […]

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Canadian Pacific Railway Station

The Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade railway station was built in 1877. It appears on the Canadian Register of Historic Places since 2007 and is designated as a patrimonial railway station due […]

Railway Bridge

The Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade railway bridge was severely damaged by the consequences of the Saint-Alban scree in 1894. As early as the next day following the catastrophe, the Canadian Pacific […]

Municipal Bridge Keeper’s Cap

The bridge keeper was responsible for collecting payment from users.

Commemorative Trowel

Upon the construction of the new bridge crossing the Sainte-Anne River, a commemorative trowel was forged to mark this major step in the history of the municipality.

Commemorative Trowel

Detail of the trowel presented to His Grace L. F. Laflèche, Trois-Rivières’s Bishop, by George Beaucage on the occasion of the laying of the new bridge’s first stone […]

The Car Bridge

The 1894 Saint-Alban scree on the Sainte-Anne River had consequences up to the mouth of the river, destroying several buildings and infrastructure on its path. Built in 1862, […]

The New Bridge

After the 1894 Saint-Alban scree, a new car bridge is erected. Its inauguration takes place three years later.

Inauguration of the New Bridge

On June 1, 1897, an article in Le Trifluvien newspaper mentions the blessing of the new bridge in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade.

Demolition of the New Bridge

On March 19, 1936, the ice breakup sweeps away the bridge erected around forty years earlier.