[Quebec Winter, Weaving, Log Drive]

Datecirca 1941

Can DescriptionsGaspe

Viewing NotesQuebec City covered in snow, filmed from a tall building. A toboggan slide near the Chateau Frontenac (Les Glissades de la Terrasse). Steamboat on the St. Lawrence River. Children riding toboggans down the slide. Children wave from the top of the slide. Toboggan rides. Figure skaters performing near the Chateau Frontenac. Shot of a sign: “Manoir Saint Castin”. Cars parked outside the hotel. A woman skis across the parking lot. Skiers waiting next to a bus. Panning shot of the bus, with “Quebec Railway Motor Tours” on the side. Skiers strapping on skis. A ski slope. Skiers being pulled up the mountain on a tow rope. Downhill skiing. Men in matching red sweaters skiing in formation. Shot of the mountains. Skiers getting back on the bus, and the bus driving away. Skiers at the Piedmont train station. The train leaving the station. Horse drawn sleighs leaving the train station. Sleigh with “[New Aubry Charettier?]” written on the side. Line of sleighs, including one pulled by a dog. Two women putting on skis. The two women skiing with a dog. A line of people skiing through the trees. A woman with a dog walking down the path. View of the mountains through a window. A woman seated next to a spinning wheel, carding wool. Close up of the hand cards. A woman spinning yarn. A woman weaving thread on a loom. Close up of the pedals and shuttle. Winding the tread and inserting it into the shuttle. The woman finger weaving with a backstrap loom attached to a chair. A different woman takes the backstrap loom, while the first woman winds a sash around her waist. Display of multicolored sashes (Ceinture fleche). Shot of river rapids. Men using logs to build a bridge. Men chopping logs. An ox drags logs in the background. A draft horse pulling logs. Cutting and moving logs. A man carrying buckets. View of the logging camp and the area cleared of trees. A boy and a man use a grindstone to sharpen an ax. The man packs a rucksack on the steps of a house. He says goodbye to people, and leaves, carrying an ax and saw. The man walking down a road through the woods. Cutting down trees. Debarking logs with an ax. Men cutting trees. Moving logs with a horse drawn sledge. Boating through a log jam. Men with peaveys moving the logs downriver. Log drive. Shots of the river. [End of Reel]