Art Fountains Circuits of Amos-Harricana
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Art Fountains Circuits of Amos-Harricana
This fountain tour features artistic fountains located in ten (10) municipalities of MRC d’Abitibi. Each fountain is part of a recreational area where visitors are invited to stop and relax, admire the work of passionate craftspeople, and make a wish!
This is a fine opportunity to discover or rediscover the area and landscapes of Amos-Harricana, where tours and attractions are fun and accessible for the whole family!
For more details download the Balado application (french).
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Photo : Daniel Pelletier
Art Fountain of St-Maurice-de-Dalquier (new)
Saint-Maurice-de-Dalquier is now part of the Art Fountains Circuits! Representing a globe that opens in the north, revealing three birds flying out, the work carries a pro-environment message.
Artistes : Caroline Arbour & Jacques Baril.
St-Maurice-de-Dalquier, Québec
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Art Fountain of Refuge Pageau
The Pageau Refuge exists thanks to close ties we often find between people and animals. Our fountain develops this relationship even further by integrating the art of our animals in human artistic intentions!
Artists: Nathalie Pageau, Marie-Frédérique Frigon, Félix Offroy, Diane Tessier, Mathieu Longpré.
256, chemin Croteau, Amos
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Barraute’s Art Fountain
In all its simplicity and majesty, this fountain pays tribute to water, a life source. A flower with the wide-open corolla isshaped from six petals with polished and mirrored edges. These form the large bowl.
Artist: Jim Couture.
411-481, 8e Avenue, Barraute
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Art Fountain of La Corne
The moose, the emblematic animal of the region, is a majestic and mysterious as the territory itself. Emerging from the water, it represents hunting, a popular and widely undertaken activity.
Artist: Paul Salois.
350, route 111, La Corne
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Art Fountain of La Morandière
Arranged in the center of a slate-tiled terrace, this tribute to water and our pioneers is unveiled. This fountain is entirely made from aluminium, decorated with sculptures in bas-relief on latex block filler.
Artist: Jim Couture.
204, route 397, La Morandière
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Landrienne’s Art Fountain
Like Landrienne, our fountain is sourced from the railway, the track motor car and the ressources necessary for the development of a village. With pickaxes and hard labour, this generation built and passed down a heritage with lots of potential.
Artists: Éric Lapointe and Landcity’s team.
132-166, chemin du Moulin, Landrienne
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Launay’s Art Fountain
With is classical style and the choice of materials, it creates a feeling of bellbeing and comfort. The stone evokes opulence, the wood provides heat and the stained glass shines in the sunlight.
Artists: Yves Fortin, Louise Héli, Pierre Normand.
Rue Chicobi, Launay
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Art Fountain of Saint-Mathieu-d’Harricana
The central stone represent the Saint-Mathieu-Berry esker, as well as the point where the waters separate, at the watershed, some flowing towards the north while others flow towards the south. The various plateaus represent the springs that source the waterways, lakes and rivers right to Baie-James in the north, and to the Rivière St-Laurent in the south.
Artists: citizen’s committee.
243-319, route 109, Saint-Mathieu-d’Harricana
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Art Fountain of Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville
There is a simple answer: the tree represents the hard labor of our ancestors, life, continuity and the prosperity of communauty.
Artist: Jim Couture.
391, route 395, Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Trécesson’s Art Fountain
The Trécesson municipality, working with the Domaine St-Viateur, decided to renovate the fountain, which was built in the 1960s by the clerics of St-Viateur.
The fountain is now located at the rest stop in Trécesson, on Route 111.
Artist: Clément Sylvain.
Chemin Saint-Viateur, Amos
Photo : Hugo Lacroix
Preissac’s Art Fountain
This fountain illustrates the very essence of Preissac. The metal structure is a reminder of the mining industry while tho flowing water evokes the beautiful lakes and rapids of the municipality.
Artist: Denis Michaud.
13, rue des Rapides, Preissac
Berry’s Art Fountain
The artist, Jacques Baril, designed a “happy fountain” that inspires playfulness and honours the nature of the territory, as all the different elements that make it up remind the viewer of the lakes, the animals, and the forest of the region.
Artist: Jacques Baril
269b, route 399, Saint-Nazaire-de-Berry
La Motte’s Art Fountain
La Motte’s fountain is composed of three parts: the basin, the hundred rods, and the canoe. The basin reminds the viewer of the wells that quenched the thirst of the village’s families and their animals, each rod represents a year of existence; as for the canoe, it is supported by the hundredth rod and evokes the means of transportation adopted by the first settlers, inspired by the autochthone communities.
Artists: Karl Chevrier and Paul Ouellet
162, chemin du Quai, La Motte
Pikogan’s Art Fountain
Representing a family on a canoe, the fountain in Pikogan evokes the nomadic nature of the Abitibiwinni nation. Indeed, the canoe represented a crucial means of transportation to cross the territory in search of natural resources and food, and, in the spring, to go to important meetings, ceremonies, and celebrations.
Artist: Paul Ouellet
Rochebeaucourt’s Art Fountain
Rochebeaucourt’s fountain honours the three covered bridges on its territory, while the water flowing on each side of the structure represents the iconic rapids created by the blasting of the river in the 1930s.
Artist: Jim Couture
Saint-Marc-de-Figuery’s Art Fountain
Located on the site of Miellerie la Grande Ourse, St-Marc-de-Figuery’s fountain celebrates the unique connection between water, honey, and the flowers, as well as the importance of protecting the ecosystems that surround us.
Artists et artisans: the Rivard Carignan family and Osez Fer (art piece); Entreprise Éric Lapointe (grading and leveling, and basin); Mathieu Longpré, Bilemo (furniture and modules)
Fontaine artistique de Landrienne – Photo : Hugo Lacroix
