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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 ...
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 ...
Mouscron is divided into 7 districts: the downtown (le centre), the train station (la gare), Mont-à-Leux, Tuquet, Risquons-Tout, Nouveau-Monde and Coquinie. The municipality of Mouscron now also includes the old municipalities of Dottignies, Luingne, and Herseaux since the Fusion of the Belgian municipalities.
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 ...
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 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.
Risquons-Tout (French pronunciation: [ʁiskɔ̃ tu]) is a hamlet of Wallonia in the municipality and district of Mouscron, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium on the border with France. It is primarily known for the Risquons-Tout incident , in which a group of Belgian émigrés entered the country carrying arms in an attempt to ...
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 ...