Franco-Québécoise ceremony - Tribute to Olivier Charbonneau

The weekend (September 14 and 15) will kick off with a tribute ceremony featuring the unveiling of a plaque in Saint-Sauveur church, where several "exiles" are already listed.
It will continue with a stroll through the streets of the town evoking the relationship between the two countries, led by the Pays Rochelais Québec association. And, on Sunday morning, a boat trip evoking the departure of this individual whose descendants currently number 35,000 in North America.

The plaque in memory of Olivier Charbonneau will be unveiled.
Olivier must have known this Saint-Sauveur church, located a stone's throw from the quay from which his boat set sail. Did he pray there before leaving for New France, entrusting his destiny and that of his wife and little Anne to God? History doesn't say. But there's a good chance he took the same step as his fellow Frenchmen ready for exile, who came here to affirm their faith before crossing the Atlantic. Many future settlers were baptized here, and some even married. As the plaques on the walls of the chapel at the back of the church attest, several families of Olivier's descendants have come here in recent years to pay tribute to the memory of their ancestor, as we are about to do for Olivier.