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Browse the gallery below for all the images and videos presented in the exhibition. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play a video with its transcript.
Black and white photograph (around 1920): landscape of Île aux Patins, Kamouraska. Rugged terrain (rocks, sparse vegetation, conifers). Several small wooden buildings scattered here and there. Foreground: flatter area (shore/lower part, traces of water/low tide).
Black and white photograph: Flavius and Maurice Ouellet standing in shallow water in the middle of a brush weir (interwoven branches). Dense branch structure (around and in the background). Thin white tree trunks integrated. Île aux Patins, Kamouraska: interior of a traditional fishing structure.
Sepia postcard No. 87. KAMOURASKA. – View from the river (panoramic view of a small coastal town). Foreground: expanse of water (St. Lawrence River). Shore: houses, church with a pointed steeple. Handwritten inscriptions in French. Stamp 1906. Bottom left: Publishers: Pruneau & Kirouac, Quebec.
Black and white photograph: Flavius Ouellet standing in shallow water inside a fish weir (interwoven branches). Dense branch structure (walls, water inlets). Thin white tree trunks incorporated in the structure. Île aux Patins, Kamouraska: interior of a traditional fish weir.
Albumen print (1876, Alexander Henderson): Evening on the beach at Métis (melancholy twilight seascape). Dominant sky (dark textured clouds, openings of light). Foreground: wet rocky beach (large dark rocks including a rounded block in the centre right).
Watercolor (August 1873, Anna Dawson Harrington): Falls on the Rivière du Loup (close-up view of a turbulent waterfall). Water flows forcefully over the rocks. Background: line of trees.
Albumen print (before 1865, Alexander Henderson): On the river, Saint-Pascal, Lower Saint Lawrence, QC. Waterfall rushing over mossy rocks towards a peaceful basin. Lush wild nature (steep rocks, dense vegetation, trees with delicate branches).
Close-up underwater photograph: green sea urchin on a pink/purple rock with dark-coloured algae. Sea urchin: numerous long, thin, pale yellowish-green spines. Blurry background.
Watercolour (August 1874, Anna Dawson Harrington): Kamouraska from Grosse Île. Left foreground: imposing dark textured cliff. Gentle slope (green grass, conifers) towards a calm expanse of water (St. Lawrence River). Beyond: Kamouraska (houses, church steeple). Horizon: distant mountains. Wooden fence along the slope.
Albumen print (around 1870): Indigenous fishing camp, Restigouche River, QC-NB. Campsite by the river (QC-NB border). Foreground: birch bark canoe near bushes. Left: conical structure (wigwam/traditional shelter), several people. Centre: fire (thick smoke). Background: wooded hill under a cloudy sky. Bottom right: “Indian fishing camp, Restigouche.”
Albumen print (around 1870, Alexander Henderson): Two Indigenous Men in a Bark Canoe, Restigouche, QC (peaceful winding river scene). Two individuals navigate in a birch bark canoe. Dark water mirror effect. Lush vegetation (conifers, hardwoods).
Albumen print (before 1865, Alexander Henderson): Canadian Deer, QC (hunting scene). Two male white-tailed deer, branched antlers) lying on grassy ground.
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