Special: The Girls in La Chasse-Galerie - Learn One of Quebec’s Legends
The Legend Of the Flying Canoe or The Bewitched Canoe or La Chasse-Galerie - A deal with the devil brings Quebec woodcutters home for New Years Eve While watching the Canoe Race in Quebec, I learned a folklore story about the flying canoe. It’s one of those legends, myths or sagas that are so catching they will stick with you. The women in the photo must have thought the same as the Baptiste in the legend. An interesting legend put in a new jacket. The Legend. Long ago, there were a number of lonely lumberjacks working in the center of a very large forest. They worked hard, Mon Dieu, really hard! But they were lonely for the women they had left behind. On New Years Day, it snowed so hard no work could be done. They sad in the camp and spoke longingly of their home and wives. They passed around the rum and drank toasts to the New Year. Finally Baptiste said what they were all thinking: "I wish to go home today and see my girl!" They all agreed b...