Stade municipal

Exterior of Stade municipal, Jul-2001. A racing track surrounds the stadium.

A view of the field prior to an amateur game.

Looking past the first-base dugout.

• Location: Trois-Rivières, P.Q.
• Opened: 1938
• Home teams: Trois-Rivières Renards, Canadian Provincial League (1940); Trois-Rivières Renards (1941), Trois-Rivières Foxes (1942), Trois-Rivières Royals (1946-50), Canadian-American League; Trois-Rivières Royals (1951), Trois-Rivières Yankees (1952-53), Trois-Rivières Phillies (1954-55), Provincial League; Trois-Rivières Aigles, Eastern League (1971-77); Trois-Rivières Saints, Canadian Baseball League (2003)

The city of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) is situated halfway between Montréal and Québec, where the St. Maurice flows into the St. Lawrence. It may have been considered a dividing point between the lower St. Lawrence and the upper St. Lawrence, thus the concept that there are three rivers here. This stadium was constructed in 1938, using a plan identical to the park in Québec. Notice the exterior similarity; the only apparent difference between the parks is the paint job. I stopped here when I saw light stanchions on a drive from Québec to Watertown in July 2001.