Papeterie Saint-Gilles and Musee Maritime de Charlevoix

 The Papeterie Saint-Gilles features a workshop where artisans produce paper using 17th-century techniques.

 

Here is the pulp mixer and plastic container where the pulp is placed.

 

The pulp is scooped out and spread onto screens.

 

Excess water is drained off.

 

It is then placed on a board to dry.

The board with the paper is inserted into this press from the left side and then reinserted so it goes back out on the left.

 

The paper that emerges is smooth and very flat without any imperfections.

  

This diorama shows the shipyard at the Maritime Museum.

 

The museum told the story of the shipyard. 

 

The schooner, Marie Clarisse, is a sailboat that was intended for high sea navigation. The ship was easily maneuverable and was well suited for coastal navigation and deep-sea fishing. She has two masts and cream colored sails. The Marie Clarisse is unique for its deck, rudder and the three ways you can enter the hold.

The schooner was built in Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1923, and was originally named Archie F. Mackenzie. At first, it was used for fishing in the seas of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Later, it was used for coastal navigation.

In 1974, the Marie Clarisse arrived in the waters of the St. Lawrence. Unfortunately, she sank in 1976. Fortunately, for her, a naval officer, Alain Canuel, bought her to use as a training boat. Officer Canuel managed miraculously to raise her out of the muddy bottom of the Louise Basin and restore her to the Mailloux shipyard in Isle-aux-Coudres.

In spring 2005, the schooner Marie Clarisse became the property of the Musée Maritime de Charlevoix.  In 2010 and 2011, Marie Clarisse served as a training ship to encourage students to work in teams and excel in school.

 

Low tide at the Maritime Museum