Mathieu Paquet-Garceau
In memoriam
In memory of Mathieu and Andréa Paquet-Garceau
This page is dedicated to Mathieu and Andréa, Jason’s brother and sister. It seeks to preserve their presence in a form that is simple, dignified, and lasting, at the heart of the family story and the birth of Les Éditions J.A.M.
Mathieu and Andréa remain at the heart of their family’s living memory.
Andréa Paquet-Garceau
Their memory remains
Their memory runs through Jason’s writing, his path, and the very existence of the publishing house. This page exists to keep their names, their faces, and their place within the family’s living memory.
Mathieu and Andréa lost their lives on July 20, 1996, when the family home was swept away in a landslide during the Saguenay flood. This tragedy marked their family forever.
What this page keeps alive
Their names, their faces, their place in the family story.
The book, the publishing house, and this page extend the same duty of remembrance, with gentleness, dignity, and truth.
Presences and traces
Memorial cross
The cross placed at the site of the tragedy in memory of Mathieu and Andréa Paquet-Garceau. The plaque on the cross was graciously added through a donation from Madame Isabelle Harvey in 2025.
Childhood family memory
An image kept as an affectionate trace of their presence in the family’s memory.
Public documentation
Documentary markers
Coroner Gilles Perron’s report remains the central marker cited in this documentary memory.
View public documents and articles Coroner report, archives, technical context, and press
A number of public reference points documenting the deaths of Mathieu and Andréa Paquet-Garceau, the landslide, and the documented elements showing that this was not only a natural fatality.
Le Quotidien in the immediate week after the tragedy
A digitized issue of Le Quotidien preserved by BAnQ. It serves as a historical press marker for the immediate aftermath of the flood and the disaster in La Baie.
Investigation report concerning the deaths of Mathieu and Andréa Paquet-Garceau
Gilles Perron’s coroner report is listed in government catalogues. It remains the central document for understanding the official analysis of the deaths.
A preventable deadly landslide
The Journal de Québec directly relays the coroner report’s best-known conclusion, namely that these deaths could have been avoided if municipal rules had been applied more rigorously.
The McNicoll Street landslide, July 20, 1996: causes and consequences
A technical document on the McNicoll Street landslide, useful for placing the tragedy in its physical, territorial, and geotechnical context.
Documents that cite or list the report
Gilles Perron’s report is also listed or cited in public and government documents on landslides, land-use planning, and the post-flood context.
25 years after the flood: scars still alive
A journalistic return to the disaster, with direct mention of Mathieu and Andréa dying in the mudslide that tore the family home away.
Jason’s public speaking
Recent interviews connect the public facts, remembrance work, and the rereading of the disaster through Jason’s own path.
This section is framed as remembrance work and public documentation.