Cantley 1889’s volunteers have written more than 150 monthly articles of local historical interest for publication in The Echo of Cantley, a non-profit bilingual organization that produces Cantley's only community newspaper.
The following article is reprinted here with permission from in The Echo of Cantley, Volume 24 no 6, December 2012.
On November 27, "Le Champagne" tugboat was lifted from the waters of the Gatineau River to its new home in Mary-Anne-Phillips Park. This boat is precisely the same tug that we find on the Cantley logo. The boat was built in 1950 and worked on the River for 40 years. Its raising was the result of two years of effort by Robert Grenier and Margaret Phillips, among others. February's Echo will have an article about its facinating history, both old and recent.
Photos: Joël Deschênes