Les Santons de Charlevoix

1, 2 and 3	Figures of christmas crib. Mary and Joseph are dressed like country quebeckers from the 19th century. The child rests in a crib a traditional type in Charlevoix.
4, 5 and 6	LThe tree Wise Men
7 and 8	The cattle and the donkey
9	The sherpherd with a sheep. the man wears a woolen vest.
10	The sheep
11	A young shepherd holding a sheep on his shoulders.
12 et 13	Mary and Joseph (in a more simple way)
14	The angel.
15	A man in winter, wearing a short coat trim with fur and muff.
16	A woman in winter, wearing a short coat trim with fur and muff.
17	Wearing supple boots, with an axe and a billy-can, the lumberjack is going to work. As many other characters form the series, he is dressed with the country's fabric.
18	Wearing a fur hat, holding a shotgun, snowshoses on his back: the trapper
19	Well-padded, wearing a long woolen skirt and a blouse, the bread woman proudly shows off the browned round loaf which she took out of the oven
20	The miller who is toiling under the bag of grain which he carries on his shoulder and whom supplied the flour.
21	The pitcher woman holds in her hands a withe and blue earthenware jar.
22	A cortume made of the country's fabric, wild boots, red woolen cap; It is the farmer. Actualy, It is land man.
23	Sitting, the accordionist plays a rigadoon.
24	The lively air makes the gigue man dance.
25	The singer, it is Mathilde Audet des Eboulement-en-bas ( Nowadays, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive ) Which, in 1916, the ethnologist Marius Barbeau recorded the song.
26	In a green vest, wearing high tied boots and wearing an old felt hat, Menaud is the drive head which the writer Félix-Antoine Savard made the hero in Menaud, maître-draveur.
27	The hen and his chicks pecking
28	A woman feeding the hens
29	Active, concerned that she makes a good use of her time, the grandmother knits.
30	the small boy is dressed in winter
31	Snowman
32	A little girl sliding on her small sleigh
33	Sailors village, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive knew many capitains. Calm and relax, this one makes a commanding gesture.
34	A lovely twisting movement drives the raker, dressed in linen.
35	The sheaf man
36	A little girl holding a doll wich, for the moment, seems not very interested.
37	Wearing a straw hat, a blue overall, the pumkin man is obviously proud of his harvesting.
38	Pumpkin
39	A teaching nun holding a missal.
40	A woman earing a headscarf, shaking the content of a church full of boiling water and used for fulling the fabric.
41	a St-Joseph disciple, thaumaturgist, Brother André shown a great devotion in old Charlevoix
42	During the first quarter of the 20th century, Clarence Gagnon stayed many times in Charlevoix as he was the best painter
43	Famous for his incredible running rapidity, Alexis Lapointe, Named Alexis le Trotter , is part of Charlevoix legend. He was also an oven builder. He is describe this way in Félix-Antoine Savard Abatis.
44	Félix-Antoine Savard (1896-1982), to whom the publication of Menaud, maître draveur was worth an immediate success, lived in St-Joseph-de-la-Rive from 1945. He is the author of many books and thanks to him the paeterie St-Gilles exist.
45	In the past, almost everything had to be made on the spot: amongst the craftsmen, the blacksmith was holding an important place.
46	Not very demanding and living on a public charity, the colector ws knocking at each door to beg for a contribution. He was greeted with generosity. Some house kept him for the night and had, to that end, a collector's bench where he lie down to sleep.
47	The St-Louis of Ile-aux-Coudres windmill dates from the 18th century. Well repaired, it is ready to mill the flour.
48	The St-Joseph-de-la-Rive church. In 1931, this village became a parish.
49	The Charlevoix's old barns build edge to edge aged throughout the years to beautiful grey tones which are a precious heritage. This barn-cowshed is kind of a projection in front : it is a louver boarding, a local caracteristic.
50	One of the two small procession chapels erected around 1835 in St-Louis of Iles-aux-Coudres.
51	Pierre Tremblay, des Eboulements first lord. His father, which has been employed by Mgr de Laval in Baie St-Paul, is with Claude Bouchard and Noel Simard, one of Charlevoix's pioneer. Pierre Tremblay bought his domain in 1710.
52	Jacques Cartier, Canada's discoverer stopped many times at l'Iles-aux-Coudres.
53 and 54	The two parts of a traditional country house in Charlevoix. Build in wood, covered with shingle cedar, the main part (54) consisted of a few rooms on the ground floor and under the attic. The second part (53) usually beside is : the summer kitchen.
55	Better built, usually made of stone, and more immense, the seigniorial manor is here covered with an attic roof.
56	Black bear.
57	Harnessed horse.
58	Cow.
59	Pig.
60	Snowy owl.
61	A barn-cowshed with an attic roof. The first floor was used for hay storage.
62	Rooster.
63	Goose.
64	A cat on a tradiotional chest.
65 et 66	Bear cubs.
67	Marmot.
68	Dog.
69	Baker's oven.
70	Warmly wrap up, comfortably sitting in their sleigh, a man and his lady friend make their way on a snowy road.
71 and 72	The spinner. She activates the big wheel with the help of a walker. Often the spinners were singing while spinning : this way many old songs from France were preserved.
73	Cat.
74	Chest.
75	The fiddler, like the accordionist, accompanies gigues and square dances in popular evenings.
76	Small bench.
77 and 78	Placed on a sleigh drawn by a horse, the water barrel.
79	The tales Little Red Riding Hood.
80	The Wolf.
81	The werewolf, fantastic character of folk wisdom.
82	The boogieman terrifies the children who refuse to go to bed.
83	The dog sleigh allows to travel freely on the snow at wintertime.

84	The soap lady.
85	The gardener.
86	The pedlar.
87	The Father La Brosse.
88	The angelus (man).
89	The angelus (woman).
90	The camel.
91	François Paradis. (From the novel Maria Chapdeleine).
92	Woman with a bucket.
93	J.A.Z. Desgagnés. During his long life (1905-1999), the Captain J.A.Z. Desgagnés was first introduced to navigation through sailing. He's at the origin of the Charlevoix Marine Shipyard and also the important company known today as Group Desgagnés.
94	The lawyer (man).
95	The hare.
96	Village school.
97	School teacher.
98	Saint-Nicolas
99	The little fisher.
100	The lawyer (woman).
101	Marie Tremblay.
102	Alexis Tremblay.
103	Grand Louis.
104	Champlain.
1H	Mary (b) and Jesus (a).
2H	Joseph.
3H	The donkey.
4H	The cow.
5H	The sheep.
6H	Angel.
7H	Shepherd.