A Gentle Trot
![Vintage black and white photograph. Three people travelling by winter calèche on a snow-covered frozen river.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/laval-economie-diversifiee_economic-diversification/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/08/P080-A2-02-337.jpg)
Winter outing on Des Prairies River, circa 1901
Reference: Centre d’archives de Laval, P080/A2, 02.337, Fonds Denise Labrecque
A winter outing on Des Prairies River in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, circa 1901. From the beginning of colonization until numerous bridges were built, ice bridges on the rivers served as transportation corridors in winter.