About Desloges Yvon Yvon Desloges and Alain Gelly hold history degrees from Université Laval. Both are historians with Parks Canada and have studied the Lachine Canal for years. Books by Desloges Yvon Lachine Canal, The Riding the Waves of Urban Development 1860-1950 by (author) Desloges Yvon & Allain Gelly translated by Donald Kellough