Built between 1882 and 1884 in the Gothic Revival style, this small, white clap-board house was the home of Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins for more than 40 years. The house was restored in 1982 by the Mouvement Desjardins as a tribute to its founde..

Forming an irregular pentagon, the fort (1865-72) stands atop Pointe-Lévis, the highest point on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. It is the sole vestige of three such forts built to protect Quebec City from possible American attack after the thre..

The ever-increasing number of European immigrants to Canada prompted the government to establish, in 1832, a quarantine station on Grosse-Île, one of 21 islands making up the Île-aux-Grues archipelago. In the station's first year of operation, some 5..