Reconstituting the evolution of the discipline in Québec geography textbooks published between 1920 and 1960, the author examines various « traces » of « classic » French geography. The author highlights the important role played by the first generation of professional geographers in redefining the general « architecture » of the discipline in school material. He hints at the possible influence of the French school in discussing general themes which characterized French geography of the period (analysis of processes in physical geography; the study of man/nature relationship, « genre de vie » and the notion of landscape in human geography).