Verchères' last boat is threatened by the condition of its historic building - Canada French

VERCHÈRES — A page in the history of Verchères, in Montérégie, may be turned forever if nothing is done to come to the rescue of Chaloupes Verchères, the last boat of this municipality which had 17 of them in the middle of the last century. The company, created in 1871 by Timothy Desmarais and moved to its current building in 1928 following a flood by jamming, will not be able to survive less massive investments in the building that arrives at t…