Contre vents et marées / Against All Odds

Contre vents et marées / Against All Odds (HM2BFW)

Location: Sainte-Pétronille, Québec G0A 4C0 L'Île-d'Orléans
Country: Canada
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N 46° 51.029', W 71° 8.47'

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Une Promenade à fleur d'eau / A Walk on the Water

Au tournant du XXe siècle, le peintre Horatio Walker fait ériger un mur de pierre au-dessus du rivage, pour protéger son domaine des fortes marées et garder à distance les nombreux baigneurs qui fréquentent alors la « plage du Nord ».
En 1935, ce chalet se trouvait à deux pas d'ici. Des planches verticales protégeaient le bâtiment contre les assauts de fleuve : tous ne pouvaient s'offrir un mur de pierre !
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At the turn of the twentieth century, the painter Horatio Walker erected a stone wall above the shore to protect his land from strong tides and to keep away the many swimmers who frequented the "beach of the North."
In 1935, this cottage [left photo] was close to here. Vertical planks protected the building from the onslaught of the river: not everyone could afford a stone wall!
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Date Added Monday, September 17th, 2018 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 336765 N 5190774
Decimal Degrees46.85048333, -71.14116667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 51.029', W 71° 8.47'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 51' 1.7400000000002" N, 71° 8' 28.2" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 7 Rue Horatio Walker, Sainte-Pétronille Québec G0A 4C0, CA
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