COME TO EXPERIENCE 400 YEARS OF HISTORY !

Our house is located just outside of the city walls in front of the Artillery Park. The fortifications of that park (shown below) consist of 7 barracks totalling 600 feet long.

They were built by the French around 1749 at the time of the French regime. They were later used by the English when the regime changed. The Redoute Dauphine - (white building shown below) was built in 1712.

The French barracks in the Artillery Park

The Dauphine Redoubt - winter scene

You may visit the Artillery Park and its buildings (the Redoubt, the Officers Mess) and what is left of the Intendant's Palace vaults (1685 to 1713) at the Musee de l'Ilot des Palais.

The Dauphine Redoubt

This neighborhood was at the time of the French colony the borough of the Intendant, the king's representative in New-France. The Intendant was empowered by the king to administer the colony ( a territory of 20 millions of square meters at the time) and that included finance, justice and commercial matters. The Intendant had his "palace" in our borough which explains why the steep hill in front of the house is called Côte du Palais (Palace Hill).

The Palace Gate seen from lower town
(image: Musee McCord)

The Palace Gate seen from the top of the Cote du Palais hill
(image: Université de Montreal, Division des archives)

From this old picture of the Palace gate below, you can see though the main arch of the gate, a part of the roof of a house that we believe is ours ! This gate was destroyed under the English Regime in the late 1800's

B&B A la Decouverte
1116 rue de Saint-Vallier Est,
Quebec, Quebec, Canada, G1K 3R7
(418) 692-7250
aladecouverte@canada.com
Updated April 2009 Member of Tourisme Quebec