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Flavius Ouellet

Black and white photograph: Flavius Ouellet standing in shallow water next to a fish weir (interwoven branches). Left: partially submerged two-wheeled wooden cart. Weir: shelter/barrier, rectangular opening (fish entrance/passage). Île aux Patins, Kamouraska: traditional fishing.

Flavius Ouellet in front of a fish weir at Île aux Patins in Kamouraska. Photo: V.D. Vladykov, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Weir fishing was used as of the beginning of the French Regime. Flavius Ouellet was the last to use weirs at Île aux Patins.