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Gallery

Browse the gallery below to see all the images, videos and audio recordings from the exhibition "François-Xavier Lachance: An Exceptional Craftsman and Builder of Wooden Boats on Île d'Orleans". Click on the various items to enlarge the pictures and read the descriptions, or to listen and see the audio and video recordings.
Plan of a boat showing the curves and dimensions of the boat’s seven parts. Handmade drawing, on a large sheet that has been folded in four. The folds of the yellowed paper shows the age of the document.
Current photograph of a U shaped wooden template, in close-up, placed on a workbench.
Black and white photograph of a shipyard. There is a dock in the foreground, as well as a sailboat with three masts and a second without mast in the center of the image. Large buildings are located on the water's edge on the right. The upper city of Quebec is visible in the background.
Black and white photograph of a man working to fix the siding of a large boat on pedestals. He is standing on a wooden scaffolding. A young boy is standing at the top of the hold structure.
Black and white photograph of the Saint-Laurent shipyard. The structure of an large boat is on the right, in the foreground. Two sailboats under construction are in the center. The St. Lawrence River occupies the entire background, as well as the coast of the south shore.
Black and white photograph of a group of about thirty workers posing in front of the side wall of a plank building, outside. The men are dressed in a working bitch or overalls. Many smoke and smile while looking at the camera. Others look towards François-Xavier Lachance, in the center. To his right is a man wearing a cloak, tie and hat.
Black and white photograph showing a cruiser yacht mounted on a base in front of a building with a large door, in winter. Four men are busy around the boat on the ground. Other boats are visible on the left.
Close-up color photograph of a vintage electric drill, silver, set on a wooden workbench.
Color photograph of two large iron wicks, one of which has a wooden handle. The objects are held by Jean-François Lachance.
Close-up color photograph of a brace, made of metal with a wooden handle, set on a wooden workbench and leaning against a vintage band saw.
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