Seine River Steamers The Élise was the first steam ship to cross the English Channel. She was bought in England 1814 by Pierre Andriel as" Margery", and renamed "Élise". Andriel intended to accomplish a spectacular crossing of the Channel to convince public opinion that steam ships could be ocean-worthy. She sailed up the Seine and arrived in Paris on 28 March, becoming a popular sensation. Two small saluting guns were mounted at the bow and fired in honour of Louis XVIII Early tugs used chains in the river to tow trains of barges up river. The low steam pressure and low power of
Pierre-Paul River 11 farm lots in row St-Émile in Saint-Adelphe up to the bridge of St-Emile road. From this bridge, this small river flows in a more sinuous path on by water (or in a straight line) in the Southwest Batiscan River row and empties into the Pierre-Paul River. There is about by water from the mouth of the "Arm of Pierre-Paul river" and the mouth of "Pierre-Paul river", which flows into the Batiscan river (West bank) at the level of the village of Saint-Adelphe. Native Americans artifacts in row St-Thomas Long before the arrival of the first French-Canadian settlers, Native Americans