Tom Evans on board the yawl Bonne Chance, c. 1960.
Evans Collection, www.tidesoftadoussac.com.
The boy posing proudly here is Tom Evans, the creator of the website Tides of Tadoussac, which chronicles the history of the Tadoussac summer colony in photographs.
Today, there are more than 40 summer residences at Tadoussac, many of which are owned by Rhodes and Evans descendants.
In the 1930s, the inauguration of a ferry between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac ended the isolation of the little summer colony. The possibility of reaching Tadoussac by car freed people from making the 20-hour (or more!) steamer trip between Montréal and Tadoussac. And it brought in a new era, as vacationers came for shorter stays in their summer homes or area hotels.
Notable fact: Wearing shorts was forbidden by the Tadoussac town council until the 1930s!