Title: The Fishermen.

Description: The impressive 10,000- pound stone monument, known as Les Pêcheurs - The Fishermen, stands at the Escuminac Wharf. The three figures represent a group of fishermen equipped with fishing gear and nets facing the sea which provides their livelihood. The names of the victims and survivors of the Escuminac Disaster are inscribed on a bronze plaque.

Source: Centre d'études acadiennes (CÉA), Fonds Claude-Roussel, 245, AF-2, boîte 2, diapositive 45.

Title: The Model for the Fishermen, 1959.

Description: A 24-inch wooden model for the sculpture entitled Les Pêcheurs – The Fishermen. The quality of the model was recognized during an exposition at the New Brunswick Museum in 1962 where Claude Roussel won first prize.

Source: Centre d'études acadiennes (CÉA), Fonds Claude-Roussel, 245, AF-2, boîte 2, diapositive 41a.

Title: Rough Cut Stone for the Fishermen's Monument.

Description: Claude Roussel and his assistants worked six months to create the Escuminac Monument. The monument was sculpted in a quarry in Shediac.

Source: Centre d'études acadiennes (CÉA), Fonds Claude-Roussel, 245, AF-2, boîte 2, diapositive 42.

Title: Unveiling the Monument, 1969.

Description: The Escuminac Monument was unveiled 19 June 1969, 16 years after the tragedy. More than 2,000 people attended the ceremony along with members of several families of the victims and survivors. The dignitaries included Lieutenant-Governor Wallace S. Bird, New Brunswick Premier Louis J. Robichaud, former New Brunswick Premier Hugh John Flemming, Minister of Health Norbert Thériault and the artist Claude Roussel.

Source: Centre d'études acadiennes (CÉA), Fonds Claude-Roussel, 245, AF-2, boîte 2, diapositive 45.

Title: Claude Roussel.

Description: Photo of the artist Claude Roussel, 1999.

Source: Hebdo Campus, vol. 29, no 38 (1er juin 1999), p. 1.