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Summary of a letter from Philippe Peire on beluga fishing
18th century, 1730
Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
BAnQ MIKAN no. 3050612
Set C11A (R11577-4-2F)

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Receipt issued for the purchase of oil
25 June 1762
Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
BAnQ (P1000, S3, D227)

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Beluga oil produced in Rivière-Ouelle always enjoyed a good reputation, particularly the oil sold in Charles-Hilaire Têtu's general store, which was said to be unrivalled. The Têtu store sold large quantities of it to Québec city tanneries for curing hides. Because it burned slowly, this oil was also used in street lamps. The premium oil was also used for cooking certain foods.

Têtu, a born inventor, found a way to purify the oil. He also discovered a technique for tanning beluga leather. He had his invention patented and presented it at the world expositions in London (1851) and in Paris (1855), where he received honourable mention and a medal.

Sir James MacPherson Lemoine and the priest Henri-Raymond Casgrain also put Rivière-Ouelle and beluga fishing on the map. Casgrain, considered one of the fathers of Quebec literature, published stories, including "La Jongleuse" (1861), which is tied to the beluga fishing ground. In addition, in his memoirs, he described in detail the pods of belugas coming right up to the shore at Rivière-Ouelle and the techniques used to catch, kill and process these marine mammals to produce oil and leather.

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Interior view of the Palais de l'Industrie built for the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris
Early May 1855
Paris, France

Credits:
Anonymous photographer, stereoscopic daguerreotype
1855 Exposition Universelle, Paris, Palais de l'Industrie, exposition partially set up
Encyclopédie de la jeunesse. Montreal, Éd. Société Grolier limitée, 1941

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Statutes of the Province of Quebec, 1870
3 November 1870
Québec City, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Provincial Parliament
Charles-François Langlois, printer
Photograph: Guy Duguay

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Deed of incorporation of the Compagnie de la Pêche aux marsouins de la Rivière-Ouelle
24 December 1870
Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
La Compagnie de la Pêche aux marsouins de la Rivière-Ouelle, 1870
Parliament of the Province of Quebec
Charles-François Langlois, printer

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Deed and list of shareholders in the Compagnie de la Pêche aux marsouins
24 December 1870
Québec City, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Parliament of the Province of Quebec
Charles-François Langlois, printer, 1870
Photograph: Guy Duguay

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Reverend Henri-Raymond Casgrain (1831-1904)
Around 1900
Québec City, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Centre d'archives de la Côte-du-Sud
Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière collection (F100/712.1//203/2)
Photograph: J.B. Livernois

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"Souvenances canadiennes," volume I
24 September 1899
Québec City, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Henri-Raymond Casgrain, priest and historian (1831?1904)
Centre d'archives de la Côte-du-Sud
Photograph: Judith Douville

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Pod of belugas
Around 2005
St. Lawrence River, Tadoussac region, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
GREMM
Unknown photographer
Henri-Raymond Casgrain, priest and historian (1831?1904)
"Souvenances canadiennes," volume 1, 1899

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Beluga fishing locations in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and Rivière-Ouelle
25 November 1884
Cap Martin, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Centre d'archives de la Côte-du-Sud
Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière collection
Drawing by M. Richard, surveyor, China ink and watercolour on white cardboard
Photograph: Judith Douville

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Excerpt from "Souvenances canadiennes," volume I
24 September 1899
Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Henri-Raymond Casgrain, priest and historian (1831?1904)
Photograph: Judith Douville
"Souvenances canadiennes," volume 1, 1899

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"La Jongleuse," a tale written by Reverend Henri-Raymond Casgrain in 1861
New edition dated 1912
Pointe de la Rivière Ouelle, Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Photograph: Judith Douville
Henri-Raymond Casgrain, priest and historian (1831?1904)
"La Jongleuse," Librairie Beauchemin Ltée, 1912

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Snowshoe tracks left in rock by la Jongleuse, and the protective cross
18 October 2008
Pointe de la Rivière Ouelle, Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Photograph: Judith Douville