Pont Lady Aberdeen

Behind it is a more modern bridge, and the two together carry Fournier Blouvard traffic across the river.

The Lady Aberdeen Bridge that crosses the Gatineau River is the oldest bridge connecting the former city of Gatineau to the former City of Hull. Previously only a two-lane bridge, it was built at the beginning in 1894 and named the Gatineau Bridge.

It was renamed Lady Aberdeen for the wife of former Governor General of Canada John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks when she nearly drowned near the bridge while returning from a meeting at the nearby Saint-Francois de Salles church, and was rescued by local villagers.

Photo 113, May 2012

Pont Lady Aberdeen

Photo 115, May 2012