La « grève chez Blais » / The "Strike at Blais"

La « grève chez Blais » / The "Strike at Blais" (HM2BFX)

Location: Sainte-Pétronille, Québec G0A 4C0 L'Île-d'Orléans
Country: Canada
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N 46° 51.015', W 71° 8.459'

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

L'hiver, un pont de glace partait de ce rivage, en direction de Montmorency ou de Québec. Parmi les bénévoles qui le traçaient et l'entretenaient, Barthélemy Noël et les siens s'en chargeront durant un demi-siècle.
Les épiciers Blais venaient ici découper des blocs de glace, les entreposaient dans leur grande glacière derrière leur commerce, puis les livraient aux villageois et aux vacanciers.
Sur la grève en 1953 devant la grange-étable des Blais, l'enfant qui fixe l'objectif ignore qu'il sera un jour le premier astronaute canadien à aller dans l'espace : Marc Garneau
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In winter, an ice bridge departed this shore in the direction of Montmorency or Quebec City. Among the volunteers who traced and cared for it, Barthélemy Noël and his family did so for half a century.
Blais grocers came here to carve blocks of ice, store them in their big coolers behind their shops, and then deliver them to villagers and vacationers.
On strike in front of the Blais barn in 1953, the child who set the goal did not know that one day he would be the first Canadian astronaut to go into space: Marc Garneau
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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 336778 N 5190748
Decimal Degrees46.85025000, -71.14098333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 51.015', W 71° 8.459'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 51' 0.90000000000003" N, 71° 8' 27.54" W
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Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3 Rue Horatio Walker, Sainte-Pétronille Québec G0A 4C0, CA
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