Keepers of the Light is an investigative article about the lighthouse guardians of the Magdalen Islands told through the descendants of these iconic characters.

Lucie “La Light” Lapierre, grand-daughter of William Cormier

William Cormier, the first lighthouse guardian at l’Anse a la Cabane (1871), and his wife Marguerite Neuville

Charles Cormier, shipwreck hunter and great grand-son of William Cormier

The tumultuous island lore, tells of uncountable shipwrecks, the communal identity of the guardians, the current commodified state of the islands, and the guardian’s descendants’ effort to conserve their crumbling heritage.

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