The Human Side of Lake Saint-Pierre
The Biophare gratefully acknowledges the financial investment by the Department of Canadian Heritage in the creation of this online exhibit for the Virtual Museum of Canada.
The Biophare also wishes to thank the following persons and organizations for their contributions to the development
of this virtual exhibit:
The Centre d'interprétation de Baie-du-Febvre, the Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec, the Musée des Abénakis, the Musée québécois de culture populaire and the Commission scolaire de Sorel-Tracy.
Marc Mineau, director of the Biophare: supervision, awarding of contracts, financial management, proofreading
Anne-Marie Dulude, biologist responsible for designing and creating content for exhibits at the Biophare: coordination, design, writing, revision of translation
Sonia Boivin, administrative assistant at the Biophare: correction
Guillaume Lafond, biologist and facilitator at the Centre d'interprétation de baie-du-Febvre: research
Paul Messier, wildlife technician and director of the Société d'aménagement de la Baie Lavallière: research
Valérie Côté, researcher at the Biophare and communications official: correction and promotion
Elisa Peters: translation
Margaret Buckley: revision of translation
Isabelle Caza, artistic director
Sophie Paulhus, creative director
Patricia Leclaire, graphic designer
Sabin Farley, HTML programmer/integrator
Mario Cloutier, Philippe Manning and Francine Ouellet: photographers for the exhibit
Julie Gratton and Serge Capistran at CIRCA productions: video and sound recording, production, editing and musical score for the 16 video interviews
Maurice Parent at parMo.ca: photographs and assembly of the panoramic of landscapes and model boats in 360 degrees.
Pier-André Parent at MPA Concept: programming and integration of the panoramic of landscapes and model boats in 360 degrees.
Carole Bellerose: photograph of the exterior of the Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec
Fannie Cartier: photographs in the sections on hunting in the archipelago and photographs of Great Egrets
and duck banding
Alec Delage: photographs of the youth fishing camp at the Pourvoirie du Lac Saint-Pierre outfitting operation
included in the video interview for the section on fishing in the Lake Saint-Pierre archipelago
Carole Deschenaux: photographs of the activities of the Association des chasseurs et pêcheurs
de Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
Jean-Pierre Gagnon: Aerial photographs of Bayonne, Chicot and Saint-Joseph Rivers
Sébastien Girard: photographs of the business Excursions Kayakalo
Rita Lanctôt: photographs of houses on Île d'Embarras
Denis Leblanc: photographs of bees in the section on agriculture in the Lake Saint-Pierre region
Rosaire Lemay: Photograph of the Centre d'interprétation de Baie-du-Febvre
Paul Messier: photographs of Michel Forcier, Wood Duck nesting boxes, pike, muskellunge, and walleye fishing
Photograph of the Musée des religions du monde provided by the museum
Musée des Abénakis: photographs related to Abenaki basket weaving
Guy Coutu, archivist at the Musée québécois de culture populaire: photographs of artifacts from the
Robert-Lionel-Séguin, Monique-Patry and Olaff-Pilote, Serge-Brouillard and Carole-Noël Collections and photographs
of the Nicolet Seminary
Archives du Séminaire de Nicolet: historic photographs of the 1955 landslide and fire in Nicolet, the demolition of the Nicolet Cathedral, hunting, fishing, the Nicolet Seminary, and the property of the Montfortian Fathers
Société historique Pierre-de-Saurel : historic photographs of Sorel Industries and Marine Industries
Alain Desmarais, president of the Regroupement des Sauvaginiers du Lac Saint-Pierre: video interview
Yves Marchand, captain and guide for the "Randonnée nature" and Jean Cadieux, captain and guide for the "Excursion dans les marais": video interview
Jean Lemoyne et Paul Messier discussing hunting and André Côté discussing trapping: video interview
Alec Delage, director of the Pourvoirie du Lac Saint-Pierre: outfitting operation: video interview
Sylvain Cournoyer, captain of the ferry "NM Lucien-L.": video interview
Anne Laganière, engineer and Manager of Environment at Rio Tinto Fer et Titane: video interview
Paul Caplette, farmer from Saint-Robert: video interview
Michel Lavallée, resident of Île d'Embarras: video interview
Paul Messier, wildlife technician and director of the Société d'aménagement de la baie Lavallière: video interview
Émilie Paquin, biologist at the Odanak Environment and Land Office, and Michel Durand Nolett, land manager and forestry technician at the Odanak Environment and Land Office: video interview
Jean-Guy Dupuis, vice-president of the Regroupement des Sauvaginiers du Lac Saint-Pierre: video interview
Yves Gobeil, pêcheur commercial de Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville à la retraite : entrevue filmée
Capitaine Michel Fortin, president of the Corporation des Pilotes du Saint-Laurent Central: video interview
René Shooner (president of the Pierreville historical society), Paul Shooner, Étiennette Biron-Bélisle (daughter of the first man to sell Abenakis brand mineral water) and Dominic Pearson (Breuvages Bull's Head Inc.), who sells Abenakis mineral water today: video interview
Huguette Caya, Corporation de la Commune de Baie-du-Febvre: video interview
Isabelle Girard, watercourse manager for the RCM of Nicolet-Yamaska: video interview
Jean-Pierre Gagnon, director of the Organisme des bassins versants de la Zone Bayonne: interview with photographs
Marc Mineau, director of the Biophare: interview with photographs
Fannie Cartier, student in Wildlife Management at the Cégep de Saint-Félicien: interview with photographs
Carole Deschenaux, president of the Association des chasseurs et pêcheurs de Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel: interview with photographs
Michel Forcier, resident of Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel and nephew of a lighthouse keeper: interview with photographs
Rita et Yvan Lanctôt, residents of Île d'Embarras: interview with photographs
Manon Couture, project leader for the Organisme de concertation pour l'eau des bassins versants de la rivière Nicolet: interview with photographs
Philippe Brodeur, biologist at the ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune - Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec: interview with photographs
Louise Corriveau, chair of the Lake Saint-Pierre Area of Prime Concern (ZIP) Committee: interview with photographs
Marilyn Labrecque, Biodiversity project leader at Nature Québec: interview with photographs
Yvon Noël, director of the Musée québécois de culture populaire: interview with photographs
Carole Bellerose, director of the Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec: interview with photographs
Michelle Bélanger, director of the Musée des Abénakis: interview with photographs
Christian Hart, administrator of the Société d’Aménagement Récréatif pour la Conservation de l’Environnement du Lac Saint-Pierre: interview with photographs
Guillaume Lafond, young biologist and trapper from the Nicolet region: interview with photographs
Dominique Vallée, sport and event manager at the Club Multivoile 4 Saisons: interview with photographs
Angelica Duane, Annette Nolett and Alice Thompson, basket weavers from Odanak: interview with photographs
Denis Leblanc, beekeeper and co-owner of Les produits de l'Alvéole: interview with photographs
Alexis Jeanson-Lemire, farmer and partner on Malurin farm: interview with photographs
Richard Vienneau, co-owner of the Magasin général Le Brun: interview with photographs
Bernard Brochu, director of the Centre des arts populaires de Nicolet: interview with photographs
Marc Mineau, director of the Biophare
Anne-Marie Dulude, biologist responsible for designing and creating content for exhibits at the Biophare
Michelle Bélanger, director of the Musée des Abénakis
Carole Bellerose, director of the Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec
Yvon Noël, director of the Musée québécois de culture populaire
Hélène Gignac, director of the Centre de transfert technologique en écologie industrielle
Martine Cloutier, director of educational services at the Commission scolaire de Sorel-Tracy
Julie Pellerin, coordinator at the Centre d'interprétation de Baie-du-Febvre