Case file · Apparition / miracle
The rosary bridge at Cap-de-la-Madeleine
In March 1879 parishioners at Cap-de-la-Madeleine needed stone from across the St. Lawrence for a new church; after praying the rosary, an ice bridge formed and held for a week while they hauled it.
1879 CE · 46.37, -72.52 · status: account
The account
The 'pont des chapelets' was taken as a sign, and the old stone church was kept as a Marian shrine.
The sceptical view
Ice bridges formed on the river in cold winters; this one was late but not impossible.