Le Jean Richard

Directed by René Bonnière · Starring Lloyd Bochner · 1963

In 1959 at Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Quebec, carpenter Philippe Lavoie builds and launches the Jean Richard, the last wooden schooner built there.

A rare record of a vanishing craft, filmed by Pierre Perrault before the old wooden schooners disappeared.

À Petite-Rivière Saint-François au Québec, le 23 mai 1959, on lançait la dernière goélette de bois : le Jean Richard. Celle-ci fut construite par Philippe Lavoie, charpentier, pour Paul-Émile Carré de Port-au-Persil.

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