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Category: Landscape

Tennis on ice near the La Visitation school

Tennis on ice near the La Visitation school

Racket in hand and wearing skates, Joseph Danis and three other players are playing a doubles game of tennis in the middle of February. A net has been […]
Sault-au-Récollet and Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1963

Sault-au-Récollet and Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1963

Aerial view of Sault-au-Récollet and the Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant, July 7, 1963.
The Nouvelle-Lorette mission overlaid on the built environment of Sault-au-Récollet today

The Nouvelle-Lorette mission overlaid on the built environment of Sault-au-Récollet today

The Nouvelle-Lorette mission overlaid on the built environment of Sault-au-Récollet today. This representation shows the most likely location of the First Peoples’ village according to archaeologists. It is […]
Stéphane Raymond, Métis

Stéphane Raymond, Métis

Stéphane Raymond (SR), centre frame, is speaking with historian and cultural animator Stéphane Tessier (ST). They are on a footpath on La Visitation Island near the Des Prairies River’s shore. […]
Overview of the Mills site today

Overview of the Mills site today

We follow the camera into the less accessible vestiges of the old mills, appreciating in passing the water running through the site as well as the surrounding nature. […]
A spring ritual: shad fishing

A spring ritual: shad fishing

Silhouettes of fishermen lined up on the shore of the Island of Montreal, downstream from the Des Prairies River’s hydroelectric power plant. They are all hoping for a […]
The mills site in the fall of 1976

The mills site in the fall of 1976

Aerial view of the mills site in the fall of 1976, a few years before the expropriation and demolition of the industrial buildings.