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The “sugar loaf” at Montmorency Falls
Already spectacular in summer, Montmorency Falls is even more fascinating in winter thanks to the “sugar loaf.” This phenomenon occurs when water crystallizes at the foot of the waterfall and forms a cone of ice. We see in the foreground a man wearing snowshoes, an Indigenous accessory that was widely adopted. Snowshoes make it possible to walk on snow without sinking.
John Philip Bainbridge
Library and Archives Canada
Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Acc. No. 1983-47-99 - Date: 1840