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Félix-Gabriel-Marchand, Pontiac County

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SQPC Number: QC/61-53-01
County: Pontiac County
Township: Mansfield
Town/Village: Mansfield et Pontefract
Bridge Name: Félix-Gabriel-Marchand
Crosses: Rivière Coulonge
Truss type: Town & Queen
Spans: 6
Length: 499', 152m
Roadway Width:
Built: 1898
Builder: Augustus Brown
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N45 51.672
Longitude: W076 44.492
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.0 miles (1.6 km) northwest of Coulonge River crossing on QC148, then just left on chemin du Pont Rouge.

Pont Félix-Gabriel-Marchand, Mansfield, Outaouais Region, QC Built 1898
Gérald Arbour Collection, Christmas Card used by DOT Minister in 1991

Pont Félix-Gabriel-Marchand, Mansfield, Outaouais Region, QC Built 1898
Bill Caswell Photo, August 29, 2003

Pont Félix-Gabriel-Marchand, Mansfield, Outaouais Region, QC Built 1898
Bill Caswell Collection

Pont Félix-Gabriel-Marchand, Mansfield, Outaouais Region, QC Built 1898
Joseph Conwill Photo, May 22, 1983

Pont Félix-Gabriel-Marchand, Mansfield, Outaouais Region, QC Built 1898
Fred Wunsch Photo, 1963

Comments:
The bridge’s builder, Augustus Brown (1845-1932) of Beachburg , Ontario, used a hybrid structure, a Town type lattice structure lined with a queenpost structure for the sum of $6,000 in 1898.. The wood, to build the bridge, was hauled by horse from The Glen, Ontario via the ice bridge in Waltham, Quebec. It is supported by five wooden pillars filled with stones. It is Québec’s only remaining covered bridge built in the 19th century outside of the Eastern Townships. At 152.1 meters, it is one of the two longest covered bridges in Québec. It was named in memory of Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1832-1900), prime minister of Québec from 1897 to 1900. The bridge was featured on a Canadian stamp in 2019.

Sources:
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4463
Arbour, Gérald & Forest, Gaétan. List of Québec Bridges, 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 192

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