A view from above of La Martinière, Paul-Émile Martin’s family cottage in Notre-Dame-du-Portage, 1936.
© Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Paul-Émile Martin coll., m12082.
In 1936, Notre-Dame-du-Portage was a very popular seaside resort. The Martins settled there in a summer home they called La Martinière. The house was small, but the nanny still came along with the family on their vacations there.