L'Eglise St-Alphonse-de-Ligouri in Chapeau, Quebec.
On a weekend trip to Pembroke, Ontario I took the opportunity to do some kite aerial photography (KAP) in nearby Chapeau, Quebec. Chapeau is on Allumette Island (L’Isle-aux-Allumettes), a 22 km x 12 km island in the Ottawa River. When you drive onto the island from the Quebec mainland side (over the bridge you see in the distance in the above photograph), the church on the hill is quite imposing.
Chapeau, Quebec.
Here is a photo I took from the bridge on a trip through this way last autumn. I made a mental note that the church and surrounding community and river valley would be a potential subject for aerial photography. The objective of this session was to work from the back of the church. Not only is there a large schoolyard, park and cemetery at the back which gives ample space for launching aerial equipment, but by shooting from a rear perspective you can also include the river valley, bridge and the community of Chapeau in the shots. It might also be quite interesting to shoot aerial shots of the front of the church, and I may go at a future time to scope that out in terms of feasibility of using kite aerial photography.
L'Eglise St-Alphonse-de-Ligouri in Chapeau, Quebec.
The church is called L’Eglise St-Alphonse-de-Ligouri. This photo is from the west and includes a large portion of the town of Chapeau. In the background is the downstream section of the north channel of the Ottawa River and the Province of Quebec on the left. Chapeau and Allumette Island are also part of Quebec. About 140 km in the direction you are viewing, but on the Ontario side, is the city of Ottawa.
I include a few more images below of the Church and community.
L'Eglise St-Alphonse-de-Ligouri in Chapeau, Quebec.
The bridge across the north channel. Allumette Island and part of Chapeau is in the foreground.
Below is a view of the cemetery where I stood to take a number of the other images. This was roughly my location for the distant aerial shot at the top of the article. It is spring so the grass is still brown and the trees are leafless.
The cemetery behind the Church. One of the bumps on the lawn is me, not a grave marker. Follow the kite line down to just above the shadow of the tree on the right.
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