A La Mer du Nord 2025

[Robin]

(I will post updates as the story develops for those who don’t have a Facebook account)

In the summer of 2025, a brigade of adventurers will embark on a crazy adventure: trekking aboard cedar canoes the 1200 km of the ancestral Route des Furrures, from Tadoussac to James Bay. To learn everything about the expedition, from the construction of the boats to the recruitment of participants to the historical investigation to find a forgotten path, follow us on this page!
The first three canoes of the à la Mer du Nord expedition come to life in the workshop of Rodrigue Pelchat, bearer of a know-how rooted in the history of Saint-Félicien.


We introduce you to Rodrigue Pelchat, builder of the boats of the expedition To the North Sea. His know-how has long roots in the history of Lake Saint-Jean: he learned the trade very young from foreman Roger Jacques (who you will meet soon! ), who learned it himself from Lionel Tremblay, the father of the legendary "Tremblay canoes". Take a look. Listen up. There is history in those gestures.


***Thanks to MRC Domaine-du-Roy and Ville de Saint-Félicien whose financial support allowed the start of the project A la Mer du Nord.[/MEDIA]

 

[Penns Woods]

What a great story, I'll be looking forward to the rest of the story. Thanks for posting.

 

[Gamma1214]

Sounds like an awesome story & thanks for re-posting off of Facebook. I'm looking forward to following along.

 

[Boatman53]

I don’t do Facebook so thanks for sharing here.
Jim

 

[memaquay]

I was thinking those canoes looked like Tremblays before I read that part. Should be very interesting!

 

[Bob B.]

Like Boatman53, I have no social media accounts … appreciate the ability to follow this story here. Thanks Robin

 

[Robin]

Like Boatman53, I have no social media accounts … appreciate the ability to follow this story here. Thanks Robin

This is all posted in French but FB can translate it, I have lots of free time to do that …haha.
There is a nice video but I can’t figure out how to attach it here. It’s in French, but us wood canvas guys all speak the same language anyway, it’s pretty interesting.

 

[Patrick Corry]

It’s in French, but us wood canvas guys all speak the same language anyway,

Thanks for posting this. I got a laugh out of your comment. That and my rudimentary French are enough to enjoy the FB postings.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

I'm going to try to post a link to the canoe build video on the Facebook page. Let me know if you can view it, especially those of you who don't have Facebook accounts.

Canoe build video

 

[Gamma1214]

I'm banned from Facebook but I can view it.

Audio might be messed up though... it sounds like a foreign language film. (I'm kidding, of course)

 

[MyKneesHurt]

Can't see the video, Glenn.

 

[Robin]

I can see it, Thanks for that Glenn.

 

[Gamma1214]

@MyKneesHurt , when I click on it, a box opens that wants me to log in to Facebook. I click the "X" at the top right of the log in to close it and the video comes up.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

As far as I know, you don't have to be a member of Facebook to see "shared with public" posts and videos. The FB post/video in question has a public symbol (a world icon) next to the date. Still, I couldn't embed the video directly here or via the Media icon in the text entry box. I had to use the Insert Link icon and give a name to the URL of the Facebook page.

When I look at my link logged out of Facebook, I see what Gamma reports: a big box asking me to log in or join FB. If I X out that box, I can see the FB post/video I linked. I assume that's because it's public.

 

[MyKneesHurt]

Thank you @Glenn MacGrady and @Gamma1214 , I just x'ed out of it when I saw the login, I'll try again.