Relaxing at Lachine on Saint Jean's Eve by sandra46

Photography • People • posted on Jul 11, 2009

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The National Holiday of Quebec (French: La Fête nationale du Québec)is celebrated annually on June 24, St. John the Baptist Day. June 24 continues to be celebrated as a festival of French Canadian culture in other provinces and in the United States. The feast day of Saint John the Baptist or Midsummer was a very popular event in the Ancien régime of France. In 1908, Pope Pius X designated St. John the Baptist as the patron saint of French Canadians.During and after the Quiet Revolution, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day became very political. The religious symbolism associated with the celebrations was rejected by the younger generations. To respond to the Quebec nationalist reappropiation of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, the federal government promoted July 1 as a national holiday for Canada. In Italy the feast of St. John is important especially in the valleys of Piedmont, traditionally connected with the French Savoy. Actually, they distinguish between St. John the Headless and St. John with the Head. June 24 is St. John with the Head, and it is the Christian version of the celebrations for the summer solstice. In this shot, people is relaxing at the park along the canal of Lachine. Here a small museum on the fur trade remembers the days when Lachines (which means The Rapids) was a very difficult point of the river. The Mohawks of the nearby Kahnawake specialized as boatmen for the fur companies. I took this shot among others to send it to the Action Challenge. In the end I didn't and I post it here. The Great Montreal denizens, of which Lachine is a southern 'banlieu', seemed victims of a fitness frenzy fever, and I tried to give you the idea. Thank you for your kind comments.

Comments (36)

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mgtcs

5:47PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Excellent view! Fantastic capture! 10+

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Digitaleagle

5:48PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Very interesting information and a wonderful capture!!!

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lyron

6:01PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Beautiful place and picture!!!

West_coaster07

6:04PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Very nice picture and notes!!!

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Radar_rad-dude

6:19PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

A very afluent and busy looking place! Excellent photo and stunning scenary! A most wonderful photo op for you to capture! Very well done! 5+++++

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Minda

6:29PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

beautiful view and great info sandra!!

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carlx

6:41PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Beautiful place for relax!!!

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MOSKETON

7:59PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

DIFERENTES ESTILOS EN LINEA, FELICIDADES.

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brycek

8:01PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Beautiful capture!!

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bmac62

8:19PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Hi Sandra. I suppose you took this while out on a five mile jog? Neat photo of a lot of active Canadians. I didn't know the history of this holiday at all. Every country you visit has its' own. When we lived in Germany in the 70s, it seemed every other day was a holiday:)

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magnus073

9:07PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Great one here Sandra, this truly does look like the place to be to relax

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pops

10:37PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Looks like they are having a wonderful holiday and summer

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jocko500

11:22PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

lot of fun for every one is doing. wonderful looking

frankie96

12:13AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Having fun is sometimes hard work..as seen by what these folks are doing..:)

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claude19

12:20AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

I am french, and your comments were very interessant. Great thnaks for all your informations. Next year, I want to go to Lachine with my wife...at the beginning of june . Great thanks for this

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