In this picture, we see a large two-story pontoon — possibly the floating cottage of the Smith family. The first floor is closed and the second floor is partially open. The rear two thirds of the pontoon consists of a gallery topped by a roof. The front part of the second floor is partially closed. Some people can be seen there. At the front, a small bridge. A rowboat is moored along the pontoon; it is covered on almost all its length by a roof.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967A tug with men and children on board. The clothes that some wear (coats and ties) lead us to think that the photo was taken on a Sunday.
A partial inscription on the port side of the boat: "5 B..".
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967In this photo, four tugs side by side. From left to right: the Marine, the C.C. Wilson, the McCrea and the Tobin. On the three tugs on the right, men who seem to be installed for photography. On the C.C Wilson, four men on top of the cabin and one sitting on the boat's chimney.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967In this photo, the convent of Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby). At the bottom, on the left, an inscription: "Convent".
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967Partial panoramic view of Garthby.
This panorama is made up of two juxtaposed photos, taken from the church tower. The orientation of the view is east-southeast.
The lower half of the panorama shows part of the village of Garthby. The upper half shows Aylmer Lake.
In the middle ground, on the left, the wharf.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This photograph shows an aerial view of the heart of St-Charles-Borromée Church de Garthby, taken from the rear balcony. The photo was taken during a wedding. The bride and groom are seen standing, each accompanied by another person. The priest and two servers are kneeling in front of the hotel. There are only a few people present in the pews of the church.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This photograph shows a partial view of the lower part of Garthby.
The view is looking north. The photo was taken from the roof of one of the two boathouses, the northernmost one.
In the foreground, and moving away into the background, the railroad tracks can be seen. In addition to the main track, there are two sidings that were also used to sort the cars. On each of these sidings, a freight car is parked. In the foreground, on the right, the sawmill. Still on the right, a little further on, a rather imposing barge (about 35 feet long). Behind this barge, two warehouses of the Brompton Pulp and Paper Company. In the middle of the picture, to the left of the railroad tracks, the train station. Still on the left, behind the station and going up towards the background, other houses and buildings.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This is a photograph taken around 1920 in Garthby (now Beaulac-Garthby). The photographer was standing at the bottom of St-Jacques Street, looking west-northwest. In the foreground, the railroad tracks. On the left, the J. H. Dionne general store (hardware-wholesale). From the foreground, on the right, going up the street: Mr. Arthur Morin's house, the Beaulac Hotel, the A.-A. Jacques general store, Alexandre Drouin's house, Euclide Grenier's house, the presbytery. In the background, behind the A.-A. Jacques store, the church tower. Note the wooden sidewalks.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This picture shows one of Noël Lemay's brothers, his sisters and a sister-in-law.
In the back, from left to right: John Lemay, Donalda Lemay (Mrs. Carleton), Georgine Lemay and Mary Lemay (Mrs. Lapointe).
In front of John: Aimée Lemay (Mme Mercier).
In front, Victoria Desrochers (widow of Victor Lemay, Noël's brother) and Camille Lemay (Mme Valade).
In the center, between Victoria and Camille: Lydia Lemay (Mrs. Vincent).
They are wearing very nice clothes. The ladies' dresses are particularly elaborate. The Lemay sisters were talented seamstresses.
Noël Lemay, proudly riding his Royal motorcycle.
He wears beautiful leather boots that go all the way up to his calves.
The motorcycle is oriented to the left.
The picture was taken behind their house in Garthby.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967Noël Lemay is pictured sitting on the arm of a chair. He is dressed with care and his posture is studied.
He is wearing a medal or some other type of ornament in his lapel. A lightly ornamented wall hanging serves as a background.
The picture shows a woman and three little girls on a small buggy.
To the right of the buggy and standing, Noël Lemay.
The buggy is small, with only one seat. It is oriented to the left. We can't see the animal that is harnessed to it.
In the background, a wall of a house.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967Garthby baseball team and a Ford 1908 Model T.
The men are standing around the car or sitting in the car. One man holds a baseball glove and two others each hold a baseball bat. Some men are wearing jackets and ties.
Noël Lemay is sitting in the back of the car. He wears a mustache and goatee, drawed on the original photo.
In this photo, you can see the Garthby wharf with its pergola in the middle of the picture.
In the foreground, a wooden boom attached to the shore.
In the foreground, what appears to be a large pile of boards. In the middle of this pile, a post supporting a wire.
In the background, the shoreline of Aylmer Lake and hills in the distance.
Completely to the right, near the edge of the lake, a house and two outbuildings and a little further on, two other small buildings.
The orientation of this photo is east-northeast.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967On this picture, the Garthby wharf. Halfway to the wharf, the pergola.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This photo shows skaters skating on the ice of Aylmer Lake.
The snow was shoveled on an area equivalent to a skating rink.
Some skaters are holding hockey sticks.
On the left, the Smith cottage on the shore of the lake.
Partial view of the village of Garthby station.
The photo was taken from the pier.
The photograph represents "La Marine", a tugboat on Aylmer Lake. The shape of the hull is rectangular. It is topped by a cabin, which is itself topped by a wheelhouse. The front of the deck is clear. Three people can be seen standing there. Smoke is coming out of the chimney. A boat is attached behind.https://townshipsarchives.ca/image-18-3/edit#
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This is a picture of the C.C. Wilson, a tugboat on Aylmer Lake. A man can be seen standing at the bow of the boat.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This picture depicts the bridge over the St-Francis river in Bishopton. The view is oriented north-northeast.
At the bottom of the photo, on a white strip, Gaspard, Noël's oldest son, has written: "Le Pont - Bishopton".
This photo is a partial view of Mirror Lake in Bishopton.
In the first third of the photo, from the right to the left, buildings and a house on a small point of land. To the left of these buildings, driftwood and from the end of the point of land to the left and on the lake, logs tied together to form a floating "barrier". In the distance, hills. At the bottom of the photo, an inscription: "The Pond Bishopton".
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967On this picture, the church and the presbytery of Garthby, photographed from St-Jacques street. The photographer is standing a little below on St-Jacques street which slopes down to the bottom of the village. The gaze is directed towards the north. The two buildings are seen from bottom to top, the presbytery on the left and the church on the right.
In the center, at the bottom of the photo, the inscriptions engraved on the negative of the photo: "Garthby, Que." underneath "Eglise et Presbytere" (sic), and at the bottom right, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.
The photo was taken from a floating raft in front of the village of Garthby Station. The view is looking west.
In the foreground, on the left, is a barge equipped with railings. This barge transported wood that was used to fuel the boilers of the tugs' steam engines.
In the mid-ground, on the right, two floating platforms on which large wooden winches are installed.
In the background, a part of the village of Garthby, with the church in the center. Along the lake, a steam train drifting north.
At https://townshipsarchives.ca/image-13-4/edit#the bottom of the photo, on the left, an inscription engraved on the negative of the photo: "Garthby, QUE.", and in the middle, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.
Partial view of the village of Garthby. The photo was taken from the back of the village, looking east. It shows the northern part of the village.
In the foreground, plots of land rather uncultivated, except for a plot in the center left which seems to be a large garden.
The houses that we see there are distributed in the middle of the plan from the left to the right. Completely on the right, the church.
In the background, you can see most of Ward Bay of Aylmer Lake and the Longue Pointe, also known as Maple Point.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This photo shows a view of the village of Garthby Station. The village is built on a hillside.
The photo was taken from the roof of one of the two boat storage buildings located on the shore of Aylmer Lake, looking north-northeast.
The road in the foreground is dirt and almost all the houses are covered with unpainted boards. In the center are two larger buildings: the school and the church.
In the foreground, from left to right, the main railroad track and two yard tracks, one on each side of the main track.
In the midground, on the right, the village sawmill and across the railroad, many wood piles.
Partial view of Garthby station village. The photo have been taken from the roof of one of the two boat storage buildings on the shore of Aylmer Lake, looking north-northwest. The village is built on a hillside. The road in the foreground is dirt and almost all the houses are covered with unpainted boards. Two more important buildings can be seen: in the middle ground and on the left, the school, and in the background, on top of the hill, the church.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967The main subject of this photo is the Garthby shipyard (now Beaulac-Garthby).
In the center left of the photo, a barge (a tugboat) under construction.
In the left background, the village sawmill. In the middle foreground, piles of boards. In the middle right, the village skating rink and on the far right, the train station.
In the background, on the right and in the distance, the house of the Vachon family.
In the foreground, on the left, inscriptions engraved on the negative: "Garthby, Que. Construction of barges at the shipyards". And on the right, still in the foreground at the bottom, the initials "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.
On this photograph, we see to the right a vintage truck, parked on street side, facing left. On the side of the truck box, we can read "ELZ. COTE & "; the rest is outbound. On the left, the Beaulac hotel. In the middle, a man seen from behind, hands crossed behind and partially hidden by a fence in the foreground. In the lower left part is engraved by hand on the photo: "Garthby, Que. «Carré central» " and the initials of the photographer "NJL" for Noël Joseph Lemay.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967This a photograph of the rue St-François, in Garthby, looking north. In the foreground, on the left, the Beaulac hotel. On each side of the street, poles supporting electrical and telephone wires. The bottom of the poles are painted white to be more visible at night. On the first post on the right is an indication of the road number in the center of a maple leaf. The number is 1. In the middle ground, on the right, there is a white oval sign with the name of an oil company: "Imperial". We see in the entrance of this service station the back part of a car.
Lemay, Noël, 1890-1967Garthby, St-Jacques Street, looking west from the intersection with St-François Street, about 1918. Remarkable photograph as for the details that we find there: the car, the wooden sidewalks, the architecture of the buildings, the clothes of the passers-by. Taking in account the clothes people are wearing, picture was probably taken on a Sunday, after mass.
The car is a Ford T 1916 or 1917 (identified by the shape of the rear window, the shape of the radiator at the front and the shape and type of the headlights).