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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Historic Paddle Photo - Quebec Laurentide Guide Update

Found the source of one of my favourite historic photographs (see original post here).


Canoe Guide, Laurentides, Quebec
Type: Original Photogravure
Expired Ebay Link


The original Ebay seller dated it to 1926, but I came across the same image in the August 1914 edition of  Rod and Gun in Canada (Vol. XVI No. 3 ) thereby dating the image to an earlier time.  You can just make out the loaded pack cloth  filling up the hull.



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3 comments:

  1. DavidOctober 25, 2015 at 3:13 PM

    I love that picture to, I'm surprise he's not polling... His paddle look much taller than him.
    Thank you for sharing your find with us!

    Cheers
    David

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  2. MuratOctober 25, 2015 at 6:26 PM

    Thanks David. I remember reading that some Innu (Montagnais) in Quebec favoured a long narrow paddle for poling and that it influenced some old time guides in the region. I have another post about it here if you're interested.

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  3. DavidOctober 25, 2015 at 7:18 PM

    I saw that to, I use to have a book by Paul Provencher, he was an interesting dude!!

    Cheers

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