Object Archives | Laval, a Region Well Positioned for a Diversified Economy

The Next Generation

Today, more and more women are running businesses, even in traditionally male domains. For example, Vyckie Vaillancourt, owner of O’Citrus, is the seventh generation to take over her […]

Future Nurses

Women have long worked in so-called traditional occupations. Cécile L. Dagenais founded and ran the Sainte-Rose General Hospital in 1957. In 1962, she founded and ran the École […]

What Wonderful Grist!

When the Du Crochet Mill was built in what is today Laval-des-Rapides, the entire economic hub of the island moved with it. In fact, the Saint-François-de-Sales mill was […]

The Life of a Farmer

This drawing by Henry Wentworth Acland, done with brown ink on chamois paper, features an old farm in Saint-Martin on Île Jésus circa 1860. The landscape is typical […]