St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 96 min
  • Premiere: 1982. October 13.

In this spectacular feature-length documentary, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes on board the specially equipped vessel, the Calypso. They explore the countryside from their helicopter and plumb the depths of the waters in their diving saucer. They encounter shipwrecks, the Manicouagan power dam, Niagara Falls, the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway and an underwater chase with caribou.

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Self (uncredited)

Georges Wilson

Narrator (voice)

Camera

Raymond Amaddio

Assistant Camera

Colin Mounier

Director of Photography

Jacques Leduc

Director of Photography

Jean-Paul Cornu

Director of Photography

Guy Dufaux

Director of Photography

Raymond Coll

Underwater Director of Photography

Bernard Delemotte

Underwater Director of Photography

Albert Falco

Underwater Camera

Crew

Karen Brazeau

Logistics Coordinator

Directing

Jacques Gagné

Director

Editing

Wojtek Klis

Assistant Editor

Marie Hamelin

Assistant Editor

John Soh

Editor

Production

Jacques Bobet

Executive Producer

Sound

Guy Jouas

Sound

Jacques Delcoutère

Sound Assistant

Michel Descombes

Sound Mixer

Writing

Camera

Raymond Amaddio

Assistant Camera

Colin Mounier

Director of Photography

Jacques Leduc

Director of Photography

Jean-Paul Cornu

Director of Photography

Guy Dufaux

Director of Photography

Raymond Coll

Underwater Director of Photography

Bernard Delemotte

Underwater Director of Photography

Albert Falco

Underwater Camera

Crew

Karen Brazeau

Logistics Coordinator

Directing

Jacques Gagné

Director

Editing

Wojtek Klis

Assistant Editor

Marie Hamelin

Assistant Editor

John Soh

Editor

Production

Jacques Bobet

Executive Producer

Sound

Guy Jouas

Sound

Jacques Delcoutère

Sound Assistant

Michel Descombes

Sound Mixer

Writing