Industrial Archives | The rivers of Prairies and Mille Iles: regional development

The Great Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Dam

The construction of a generating station changed the habits of the animals in the area. One species present in the Des Prairies River is the American shad. The […]

Turgeon Mill

A few photographs of the Turgeon Mill. This one was taken from the shoreline at Saint-François. The mill was built in the 19th century across from Île Saint-Jean […]

Drawing of a Mill

The Du Crochet Mill left its mark even though few physical traces of the building remain. The archives of the Séminaire de Québec contain a lot of documentation […]