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René Baucher dit Morency was the first to acquire the land on which Maison Drouin is located. He was born around 1646 in the parish of Saint-Martin de Montmorency parish in France. He was the brother of Guillaume Baucher dit Morency, who settled in Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans in 1656 and is the ancestor of the Morency families of ...
The architecture of Quebec was at first characterized by the settlers of the rural areas along the St. Lawrence River who largely came from Normandy. The houses they built echoed their roots. The surroundings forced enough differences that a unique style developed, and the house of the New France farmer remains a symbol of French-Canadian ...
The Maison Saint-Gabriel Museum is located in Montreal, Quebec and is dedicated to preserving the history, heritage and artifacts of the settlers of New France in the mid 17th century. The museum consists of a small farm, which has been administered for more than 300 years by the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal , founded ...
Mouscron (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Dutch and West Flemish: Moeskroen, Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard and Walloon: Moucron) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropolitan area.
The architecture of Quebec City is characterized by its being one of the oldest cities of Northern America, founded in 1608. The French settlers of the area built in an architectural style similar to that of their native France. Quebec City is the only remaining fortified city north of Mexico and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in ...
The actual Saint-Louis-de-France Church in Old Terrebonne (Vieux Terrebonne), near the historical site of the Île-des-moulins, was established in 1878, while the parish was founded in 1723 by Louis Lepage de Sainte-Claire, priest of the diocese of Quebec, parish priest of the Île Jésus, and lord of the Seigniory of Terrebonne. The parish was ...
Trois-Rivières aerial view. Trois-Rivières (French: [tʁwɑ ʁivjɛʁ], Canadian French: [tʁwɔ ʁivjaɛ̯ʁ] ⓘ; lit. ' Three Rivers ') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour.
The Viceroyalty of New France was the area colonized by France in North America starting with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534. The French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Québec in 1608 among the Algonquin people as the administrative seat for New France. Colonization was slow and difficult.