Everyone has their own story...
16 October 2018Facts and anecdotes from yesteryear translate into the history of tomorrow….
Lac Mercier has been witness to the development of Mont-Tremblant. Everyone who has lived at lac Mercier has left their own small footprint in the history of this magnificent site.
Share with us your experience when you just arrived at lac Mercier, and what you witnessed when the first houses and roads were built along the shore.
Your memories will become an integral part of the « little history » of lac Mercier, and will enrich the stories and anecdotes that will be passed onto future generations.
So many stories to tell, and so many memories to share.
Our little history is also yours…
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Send your texts and photos to info@petitehistoiredulacmercier.ca
List of "The little stories » presented in this page: (Click on the blue links to access the texts).
Hotel “Pointe du Rocher” during the time of the Calvé’s family ownership... by Thérèse Borduas
Ma jeunesse au temps du “Manoir Lac Mercier”, chemin Plouffe... by Nicole Roch
Un retraité du C.P. s’établit sur la rive du lac… by Richard Fortier
La maison du “Canadian Pacific Railway”, chemin Plouffe – souvenirs from Pierre McCabe:
Ancestral « Québécois » log house from 19th century … by Chris Carruthers
A Family history: the Carons’ at lac Mercier … by France Caron
From a sailboat … to a country home on Chemin des Boisés.– by Nicole Roch
Once upon a time … – text and photos from Jacques Poissant
Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express March 2020: “The Letendre brothers’ general store“
Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express May 2019: “Local guardian angel: Charles-Hector Deslauriers”
Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express November 2020: “The Saint-Louis family“
Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express,April 2021 “ Hotel Mont-Tremblant, almost 120 years of history“
Watch the video produced by Garry Rae: “A Mont-Tremblant Story“
Laurentian Ski Museum:: Interview with Lucille Wheeler
Watch the film produced by NFB relating the early years of skiing in the Laurentians: Ski in the Valley of the Saints :
The camp Kinneret ....par Guy Korngold
Watch the video produced by TVCL, in February 2015: “Les voix de notre histoire” Une rencontre avec André F. Sigouin
“Les Pionniers de Saint-Jovite”
Facts, Souvenirs and Anecdotes
- Hotel “Pointe du Rocher” during the time of the Calvé’s family ownership.…by Therese Borduas
- Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express March 2020: “The Letendre brothers’ general store”
- Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express May 2019: “Local guardian angel: Charles-Hector Deslauriers”
- Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express November 2020: “The Saint-Louis family”
- Review the article by Peter Duncan, Tremblant Express,April 2021 “ Hotel Mont-Tremblant, almost 120 years of history”
- Watch the video produced by Garry Rae: “A Mont-Tremblant Story“
- Laurentian Ski Museum:: Interview with Lucille Wheeler
- Watch the film produced by NFB relating the early years of skiing in the Laurentians: Ski in the Valley of the Saints
- The camp Kinneret … by Guy Korngold
- View the video produced by TVCL, février 2015: “Les voix de notre histoire” Une rencontre avec André F. Sigouin