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 etween 1936 and 1939, Bertrand Construction
built federal wharfs in Havre St-Pierre, L'Islet, Lévis, Quebec, Matane, Lauzon, Cross
Point and in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. The wharfs were used for the transportation of
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Crushing job in 2000:
Dibblee Quarry in Clarence Creek, ON
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At the end of the 1930s and the
beginning of the 1940s, Bertrand Construction planned and built the local airstrips in
Hawkesbury, Pendleton, St-Eugène and Carp.
In 1941, Bertrand Construction obtained a subcontract at the future airport in Dorval,
Quebec. To begin with, our work consisted in cutting the trees and clearing the land for
the airport. Then we took all the stone fences, crushed them and used the finished
granular product to build the landing and takeoff runways. Next time you go to Dorval
Airport, think of us at Bertrand Construction, since the work we did in the 1940s is still
used each year by thousands of people and carriers.
Crushing job in 1998: Dibblee Quarry in
Ottawa, ON
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In the mid 1940s, as subcontractors, Bertrand Construction drilled, blasted and crushed
granular in Orléans for the Department of National Defense. The granular was then used to
build the proving grounds for the Canadian Army to test the endurance of army equipment
and machinery 24 hours a day.
Bertrand Construction owned the car
dealership for Hudson cars in the 1940s. In the 1950s the firm sold Hillman cars,
International trucks and farm implements.
1955-56 :
St-Alphonse-de-Liguori Church Steeple, Hawkesbury, ON
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1950's - Construction of
St-Jean-Baptiste School, L'Orignal, ON
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Vintage truck pictures
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In the late 1940s, 1950s and early
1960s, Bertrand Construction was a general contractor. In the late 1940s the firm had the
full contract for the water filtration plant in Hawkesbury. Bertrand Construction also
built many elementary schools in the region, such as St-Jean-Baptiste in L'Orignal,
St-Isidore in St-Isidore, Saint-Grégoire in Vankleek Hill, l'Assomption and
Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeois in Hawkesbury as well as the Vankleek Hill Collegiate
Institute. Bertrand Construction was also awarded the contract for the construction of
St-Cœur-de-Marie Hospital and participated in the construction of the first sports
arena in the town of Hawkesbury. In 1955-1956, Bertrand Construction erected the steeple
on St-Alphonse-de-Liguori church in Hawkesbury. We also built an extension to the
L'Orignal Nursing Home, now the site of the Conseil scolaire de district
catholique de l'Est ontarien on Highway 17 in L'Orignal, the United Counties
of Prescott & Russell Head Offices in L'Orignal, and the two St-Lawrence Textile
buildings on Main Street in Hawkesbury. |
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| In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and
1990s, Bertrand Construction built more than 30 major municipal drains in
South-Plantagenet, Alfred, Caledonia, Russell, East-Hawkesbury, Clarence, Longueuil,
Kenyon, Cumberland, West-Hawkesbury, Cambridge, North-Plantagenet and the Nation. |
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1950's - Construction of St-Coeur-de-Marie Hospital, Hawkesbury, ON
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