WHEN THE HOVERCRAFT PASSES OVER THE STE-ANNE RIVER

In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, even for those who are less
winter goes very well because of the fishing of small fish in the
the fishing of the small fish of the channels which brings us its lot of visitors and
and activities.
It must be said that a village within a village is not very common and it is the
and it is the beautiful experience that we are given to live each winter.
It is as if, for a season, we had the pleasure of having friends from all over
of having friends from all over the world come to visit us and leave us a little
and leave us a little bit of each of them when they leave.
We certainly can’t complain about the fact that thanks to
that thanks to all these people who come to tease our little channel fish, the
the coldest period of the winter goes by a bit more smoothly.
But like everyone else, when winter is over, we,
residents of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, are also ready to move on to another
to another beautiful season. The fact is that in order to set up this
village within our village, we need to thicken the ice that serves as a
thicken the ice that serves as a base. So when spring
the end of its nose with its warm rays or the sweet smell of the
of the sugar shack and the buds bursting, the ice cream is not
is not ready to leave its place.
It is Thursday, March 25, 2021 and the day looks
beautiful. The mercury rises in some places close to
20 degrees Celsius. In the morning, in the center of our village
the ice that stubbornly refreshes our spring. But all of a sudden
But suddenly, in the distance, we hear a rumbling.
Every spring, the hovercraft comes to the Ste-Anne River
in order to break this ice which brought us so much during the winter
winter season but which we will not miss once it is gone to continue its
to continue its melting by sailing on the St-Lawrence River.
It is at this moment that our beautiful village takes back its spring airs
and the river will continue to welcome visitors, but this time in canoes or
but this time in canoes or motorboats for our greatest pleasure.
our greatest pleasure.