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Québec City is renowned for its hills and bluffs. They are everywhere! This landscape has provided youngsters the opportunity for great wintertime fun over the years. This image shows big smiles on children in the Saint-Sauveur district, in 1918. All wrapped up, they use what seems to be a sled to move over the snow.
1918 - 1955

Winters of yesteryear

Winter is inseparable from Québec City! Every year, its streets are buried under mountains of snow. Although this continues to be the case today, winter had a very different impact on the daily lives of Québec City residents in the first half of the 20th century. From clothing to snow-clearing, how people braved the snowfall greatly evolved over those decades. Come and see for yourself the city’s winters of yesteryear. What memories do you have of these icy landscapes?

Children in front of a garage buried in snow

Auteur inconnu Québec City is renowned for its hills and bluffs. They are everywhere! This landscape has provided youngsters the opportunity for great wintertime fun over the years. This image shows big smiles on children in the Saint-Sauveur district, in 1918. All wrapped up, they use what seems to be a sled to move over the snow.
Chronoscope Share your childhood memories of winter in the comments! (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: 1918