List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Quebec

This is a list of National Historic Sites of Canada (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) in the province of Quebec. There are 195 National Historic Sites designated in Quebec, 30 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). Sites in the province's two largest cities are listed separately at List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Montreal and List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Quebec City.

This list uses names designated by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, which may differ from other names for these sites.

National Historic Sites

Site	Date(s)	Designated	Location	Description	Image
Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk)	1900 (completed)	1976	Acton Vale	A small passenger terminal with dormer, turret and bellcast roof; symbolic of the expansion of the Grand Trunk Railway
Alert Hangar	1958 (completed)	2007	La Baie	Four large steel hangars at CFB Bagotville which, during the Cold War, housed fighter aircraft intended to counter surprise attacks by Soviet bombers; played a strategic role in the air defence of Canada
Apitipik	6000 BCE (c.)	1996	Gallichan	Traditional summering area and sacred place for the Abitibiwinni, and the site of trading posts from 1686 to 1922
Arvida Historic District	1925 (established)	2012	Arvida	A well-preserved example of a Canadian company town illustrating 25 years' worth of urban planning concepts, including the City Beautiful and Garden city movements; symbolic of the growth and development of the country’s aluminum industry
[[{{{1}}}]]	1783 (established)	2001	Paspébiac	Ten buildings located on a large spit; associated with the commercial cod fishery in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence	80px
Battle of Eccles Hill	1870 (battle)	1923	Frelighsburg	A site commemorating the battle where Canadian volunteers and home guards repulsed the Fenian invaders
Battle of Lacolle	1814 (battle)	1923	Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel	A small garrison of British and Canadian defenders repulsed an American attack, ending the last American invasion of Lower Canada during the War of 1812
Battle of September 6th, 1775	1775 (battle)	1928	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Invading American troops preparing to attack Fort Saint-Jean were ambushed by a party of Mohawks and other allied Aboriginal people, forcing the Americans to retreat to Île aux Noix
Battle of the Cedars	1776 (battle)	1928	Les Cèdres	The American army occupying Montreal established a post here to protect its western flank; a small detachment of the 8th Regiment of Foot, reinforced by allied Aboriginals, laid siege to the outpost and the Americans capitulated
Battle of the Chateauguay	1813 (battle)	1920	Ormstown	A force consisting of about 1,630 French Canadian regulars and militia and Mohawk warriors under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American force of about 4,000 attempting to invade Lower Canada during the War of 1812
Battle of the Restigouche	1760 (battle)	1924	Pointe-à-la-Croix	A naval battle fought during the Seven Years' War on the Restigouche River between the British and the French; the last naval battle of the war in North American waters, and the French loss hastened the fall of New France
Battle of Trois-Rivières	1776 (battle)	1920	Trois-Rivières	British victory over the Continental Army; the last major battle of the American invasion fought on Quebec soil
Beauharnois Power Development	1930 (first phase)	1990	Beauharnois	A hydroelectric power plant on the Saint Lawrence River that was of significant economic and technological importance at the time of its development
Berthier Railway Station (Canadian Pacific)	1877 (completed)	1976	Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	One of the small domestic stations originally built along the railway line between Montreal and Quebec City; representative of the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Blanc-Sablon	7000 BCE (c.) (first inhabited)	2007	Blanc-Sablon	Over 60 archaeological sites relating to 9000 years of human occupation, including the Archaic, Dorset and European periods
Bolton-Est Town Hall	1867 (completed)	1984	East Bolton	A two-storey clapboard township hall; an enduring tribute to the development of local self-government in Canada
[[{{{1}}}]]	1858 (completed)	1973	Gaspé	A 37-metre (121 ft) high stone lighthouse; the tallest lighthouse in Canada
Carillon Barracks	1838 (completed)	1960	Saint-André-d'Argenteuil	A two-storey stone barracks on the main street of the village of Carillon, and now used as the local museum; used to British troops called in to suppress the Lower Canada Rebellion
Carillon Canal	1833 (completed)	1929	Saint-André-d'Argenteuil	A canal now used for recreational purposes; an important navigable transportation route during the 19th and 20th centuries, joining Montreal to Kingston by the Saint Lawrence River
Caughnawaga Mission / Mission of St. Francis Xavier	1647 (established), 1716 (established at Kahnawake)	1966	Kahnawake	A Jesuit mission to the Mohawks, located within the walls of Fort St-Louis NHSC
Caughnawaga Presbytery	1719 (completed)	1969	Kahnawake	The oldest surviving building at the Caughnawaga Mission NHSC; the presbytery exemplifies the steep-pitch hip-roofed architecture common to Quebec in the late 17th and early 18th century
Chambly Canal	1843 (completed)	1929	Chambly	A 22-kilometre (14 mi) long canal that forms part of a waterway constructed in the 19th century on the Richelieu River, on the inland water transportation route joining Montreal and New York City
Chapais House	1834 (completed)	1962	Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie	A two-and-a-half storey clapboard house that was the home of Jean Charles Chapais, a Father of Confederation
[[{{{1}}}]]	1924 (completed)	2004	Shawinigan	Large stone Romanesque Revival church, with interior murals by Ozias Leduc; the paintings represent the culmination of Leduc's work and the end of the great era of religious mural painting in Quebec	80px
Church of Sainte-Marie	1859 (completed)	2006	Sainte-Marie	A romantic Gothic Revival style church; known for its unique interiors designed by Charles Baillairgé and its trompe-l'œil and grisaille paintings by artist François-Édouard Meloche
Corossol	1693 (shipwreck)	1995	Sept-Îles	The underwater remains of a ship belonging to Louis XIV of France which sank in a storm in 1693; the only remains in Canada from the wreck of a 17th-century French vessel
Coteau-du-Lac	1781 (completed)	1923	Coteau-du-Lac	The remains of a canal and associated military fortifications; one of the oldest lock canals in North America, and the site of a British military post built following the American Revolutionary War and that served a strategic role during the War of 1812
Davie Shipyard	1829 (established)	1990	Lévis	A shipyard on the Saint Lawrence River which contains heritage resources dating to the wooden sailing ship era; when it closed in 1998, it was the oldest operational shipyard in Canada
de Salaberry House	1815 (completed)	1968	Chambly	The large, three-storey stone house of Charles de Salaberry, located in front of the Chambly Rapids; representative of the style of country homes common in the Montreal region in the early 19th century
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha	15th century (established)	2007	Saint-Anicet	Discovered in 1994, an archaeological site containing the remains of mid-15th century village of a group now identified as the St. Lawrence Iroquoians; the largest paleohistorical site discovered to date in Quebec	80px
Étienne-Paschal Taché House	1830 (completed)	1990	Montmagny	The home of Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché, a Father of Confederation; distinctive house with twin towers
First Geodetic Survey Station	1905 (completed)	1929	Chelsea	Located in Gatineau Park, the site of the first geodetic station established in Canada
Forges du Saint-Maurice	1730 (established)	1919	Trois-Rivières	An industrial cultural landscape where an ironworks operated for more than 150 years; the principal industrial site under the French Regime, the establishment of which marked the beginnings of Canada's iron industry	80px
Former Lamaque Mine and the Bourlamaque Mining Village	1925 (established)	2012	Val-d’Or	A 22 hectares (54 acres) site comprising a former gold mine and a nearby planned mining town; a well-preserved mining landscape and company town
[[{{{1}}}]]	1899 (established)	2002	Shawinigan	An early aluminum smelter with hydroelectric facilities that supplied it with power; the oldest known, extant aluminum smelting complex in North America
Fort Chambly	1665 (established)	1920	Chambly	A stone fortress on the Richelieu River; served both the French and British regimes during the Iroquoian Wars, the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837
[[{{{1}}}]]	1687 (established)	1920	Pierreville	A fort built to defend the French inhabitants in the region against Iroquois attacks encouraged by the British
Fort Laprairie	1689 (established)	1921	La Prairie	A site the Saint Lawrence River where a French fort once stood, where it served as a refuge for French settlers and a defensive outpost for Montreal
Fort Lennox	1759 (established)	1920	Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix	A fort on Île aux Noix in the Richelieu River, one of the gateways into Canada; used by French, British and American forces during various conflicts
[[{{{1}}}]]	1690 (completed)	1923	Longueuil	The archaeological site of a fort demolished in 1810, extending beneath present-day Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Cathedral; constructed between 1685 and 1690 as the fortified residence of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, the only Canadian-born person to be raised to the rank of Baron by the French King	80px
Fort Richelieu	1642 (established)	1923	Sorel-Tracy	One of the earliest forts in New France, intended to block Iroquois raids using the Richelieu River as a route into Canada
Fort Saint-Jean	1748 (established)	1923	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	A fort built by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry that withstood a 45-days siege by Richard Montgomery during the American invasion of 1775; now houses the Royal Military College Saint-Jean
Fort St-Louis	1725 (established)	1930	Kahnawake	A fort built in 1725 by the French for the protection of a Jesuit mission
Fort Ste. Thérèse	1665 (established)	1923	Chambly	One of the forts constructed on the Richelieu River by the Carignan Regiment for defence against the Iroquois; site located within the Chambly Canal NHSC area
Fort Témiscamingue	1685 (established)	1931	Duhamel-Ouest	A fort built by the French to compete with the Hudson's Bay Company; later rebuilt and controlled by the North West Company after the Conquest of 1760
Fort Trois-Rivières	1634 (established)	1920	Trois-Rivières	The construction of a wooden fort on this site marked the second permanent settlement in New France and the foundation of the modern city of Trois-Rivières
Governors' Cottage	1781 (completed)	1957	Sorel-Tracy	A house constructed for Frederick Haldimand as part of a defensive effort to settle the area with Loyalists; used as a summer residence by subsequent Governors and by military commanders until 1860
[[{{{1}}}]]	1929 (completed)	1996	Sherbrooke	Theatre with Spanish Revival style facade; excellent example of an atmospheric theatre in Canada
Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial	1832 (station established)	1974	Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues	A quarantine station for immigrants arriving at Quebec City from 1832 to 1937; symbolic of the importance of immigration to Canada, and of the tragic experiences of Irish immigrants during the typhus epidemic of 1847
Haskell Free Library and Opera House	1904 (completed)	1985	Stanstead	A two-storey, Queen Anne Revival style building with tower that houses both a library and an opera house; the building straddles the Canadian-American border and was donated to the residents of both countries
Havelock Township Hall	1868 (completed)	1984	Havelock	A stone township hall; an exceptional example of the rural town halls built in l9th century Canada
[[{{{1}}}]]	1580 (ca.) (outpost established)	1984	Trois-Pistoles	A small island that served as an outpost from about 1580 to 1630 for Basque fishermen who crossed the ocean from France; the only recorded site in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence where archaeological resources confirm early commercial contact between Europeans and Aboriginals
Île d'Orléans Seigneury	1636 (seigneury established)	1990	L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality	One of the earliest settled areas of New France; the landscape and surviving 17th and 18th-century buildings are evocative of the seigneurial system of New France
[[{{{1}}}]]	1809 (completed)	1974	Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs	A 12-metre (39 ft) high cylindrical stone lighthouse; the first lighthouse on the Saint Lawrence River, and third oldest lighthouse in Canada
[[{{{1}}}]]	1926 (established)	1995	Grand-Métis	An English-inspired garden created by Elsie Reford during the years 1926 to 1958; an excellent Canadian example of this type of garden
Joffre Roundhouse (Canadian National)	1880 (completed)	1992	Charny	Only existing full-circle roundhouse in Canada
Joliette Court House	1862 (completed)	1981	Joliette	A noted and well-preserved example of a Neoclassical public building
[[{{{1}}}]]	1851 (established)	2003	Sainte-Croix	A remarkable 136-hectare (340-acre) manorial summer estate on the Pointe Platon peninsula, founded by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
L'Isle-Verte Court House	1860 (completed)	1981	L'Isle-Verte	A court house built in the Regency style, a style rarely used for public buildings in Canada; a rare example of a purpose-built circuit court building
La Corne Nursing Station	1930 (established)	2003	La Corne	Two wooden buildings that are one of the best preserved of the 174 nursing stations created in Quebec between 1932 and 1975; symbolizes the contribution of nurses in isolated, rural communities
La Malbaie Historic District	1930 (established)	2007	La Malbaie	One of the oldest villégiature, or vacation, areas in Canada, with impressive vistas overlooking the Saint Lawrence River	80px
Le Boutillier Manor	1860 (completed)	1975	Gaspé	The distinctive home of businessman and political figure John Le Boutillier
[[{{{1}}}]]	1763 (completed)	1999	Saint-Eustache	A flour mill that has functioned continuously since the French colonial period; a proto-industrial building site that is representative of the development of the seigneurial system and the related colonial agricultural economy
Lévis Forts	1872 (completed)	1920	Lévis	The remains of three 19th-century stone defensive works located on a height of land on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River; constructed by the British, they were an integral part of the fortifications of Quebec City
Lévis Railway Station (Intercolonial)	1884 (completed)	1976	Lévis	A two-storey, stone railway station building that served as the terminus of the Intercolonial Railway from Halifax
Louis Bertrand House	1853 (completed)	1999	L'Isle-Verte	A house built in the traditional "maison québecoise" manner for merchant and politician Louis Bertrand; an outstanding example of its style and type, and representative of the lifestyle middle-class families in Quebec society in the 19th century
Louis S. St. Laurent	1881 (lots assembled by St. Laurent family)	1973	Compton	The site where Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was born; a cultural landscape associated with the life of Canada's 12th Prime Minister and that also commemorates the social history of the Eastern Townships
[[{{{1}}}]]	1883 (completed)	1989	Magog	The only 19th-century cotton mill in Canada where the entire process of spinning, weaving, bleaching and printing was carried on at one site, and the mill where cotton was printed in 1884 for the first time in Canada
Manoir Papineau	1850 (completed)	1986	Montebello	A large mansion on a bluff overlooking the Ottawa River, located on the grounds of the Château Montebello hotel; commemorates the first owner of the house, Louis-Joseph Papineau
Mauvide-Genest Manor	1734 (completed)	1993	Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans	An excellent example of a mid 18th-century, rural seigneurial manor
[[{{{1}}}]]	1896 (established)	1983	Chicoutimi	An industrial complex in a wooded area, comprising five stone buildings constructed between 1898 and 1923; the major facility of the Chicoutimi Pulp Company, Canada's largest producer of mechanical wood pulp in the early 20th century
Old Chicoutimi Trading Post	1676 (established)	1972	Chicoutimi	A fur trade post, built at the head of the Saguenay River, which became the principal trading post in the region and the major centre of the fur trade in the interior
Pagé - Rinfret House / Beaudry House	1720 (established)	1969	Cap-Santé	A one-and-a-half-storey, wood-frame house overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, reflective of the architecture of New France and French Canadian building traditions
Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse	1859 (first lighthouse completed)	1974	Rimouski	A lighthouse and associated buildings located on a headland facing the Saint Lawrence River; an important navigation light in the river and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Pointe-du-Buisson	3000 BCE (ca.) (earliest archaeological resources)	2005	Beauharnois	A 21-hectare (52-acre) archaeological site on a point of land along the Saint Lawrence River; documents the history of Aboriginal populations over the last 5000 years who used the river in their travels
Powerscourt Covered Bridge	1861 (completed)	1984	Elgin and Hinchinbrooke	A wooden covered bridge that still stands on its original stone foundations; the only remaining McCallum inflexible arched truss bridge in the world and one of the oldest extant covered bridges in Canada
Rivière-du-Loup Town Hall	1916 (completed)	1984	Rivière-du-Loup	A two-storey red-brick city hall, the eclectic design of which set it apart from the surrounding commercial buildings at the time of its construction; symbolizes the town's aspirations and desire to increase its profile during the First World War
[[{{{1}}}]]	1929 (completed)	1984	Roberval	A three-storey town hall with steeply pitched, Second Empire-style metal roofs; symbolizes the prosperity of Roberval and its increasing importance within the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region at the time of the building's construction
[[{{{1}}}]]	1721 (windmill completed)	1969	Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot	An extremely rare stone windmill and accessory miller’s house dating from the 18th-century seigneury, located on Île Perrot
[[{{{1}}}]]	1811 (completed)	1985	Saint-André	A noted example of the small Quebec churches built according to the "Récollet Plan” (a broad nave with a narrower semicircular apse); the interiors contain some of the best surviving examples of the work of sculptor Louis-Xavier Leprohon
Saint-Eustache Church	1783 (first completed) 1837 (battle)	2015	Saint-Eustache, Quebec	A site and symbol of the Battle of Saint-Eustache in the Rebellions of 1837, marking the end of the Lower Canada Rebellion
Saint-Hyacinthe Post Office	1894 (completed)	1983	Saint-Hyacinthe	A noted example of the work of federal architect Thomas Fuller
Saint-Jean-d'Iberville Railway Station (Grand Trunk)	1890 (completed)	1976	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	A one-storey passenger railway station; representative of the expansion of the Grand Trunk Railway and of the company's presence in Quebec prior to its 1923 amalgamation with Canadian National Railways
Saint-Joachim Church	1797 (completed)	1999	Châteauguay	A noted example of the vernacular Baroque style in the St. Lawrence Valley, with interior decor by Philippe Liébert and Joseph Légaré
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Institutional Ensemble	1865-1911 (period of construction)	2006	Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce	A complex of five main buildings consisting of a church, convent, presbytery, orphanage and school; one of the most striking institutional ensembles in Quebec, and illustrative of the Catholic institutions in small towns that served as gathering places for religious, educational and community services
Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Shipyard	1946 (established)	1996	Les Éboulements	A shipyard associated with small-scale coastal shipping along the Saint Lawrence River, and the largest builder of wooden schooners known as "goélettes"
Saint-Ours Canal	1849 (completed), 1933 (current locks completed)	1996	Saint-Ours	A canal on the east bank of the Richelieu River; along with the Chambly Canal, commemorates the importance in the 19th century of the inland water transportation route joining Montreal and New York City
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary	1873 (established)	1990	Laval	Canada’s second federal penitentiary, and for a time the country’s sole francophone correctional facility; the now-closed facility is representative of over a century of criminal justice
Sainte-Anne Processional Chapel	1830 (completed)	1990	Neuville	A small early rubblestone chapel with a gable roof and belltower; the chapel and surrounding site have remained remarkably intact from the time of the chapel's construction in the early 19th century
[[{{{1}}}]]	1750 (completed)	2012	Tadoussac	A mission church from the era of New France and the oldest extant wooden church in Canada; bore witness to Jesuit missionary work in remote areas of New France and the conversion of the Innu to Christianity
Second Battle of Laprairie	1691 (battle)	1921	La Prairie	After Pieter Schuyler led a British force in a surprise attack on the French frontier settlement of La Prairie, Captain de Valrennes and a small band of French and Indian troops intercepted the British and inflicted a severe defeat, forcing the British to withdraw to New York
Sir John A. Macdonald’s Summer Residence	1880 (completed)	2014	Rivière-du-Loup
Sir Wilfrid Laurier	1870 (completed)	1938	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	A small house on the site where Wilfrid Laurier was born in 1841, which was acquired by the federal government in 1937 under the mistaken impression it was actually the Laurier family house (the house was built 5 years after the Lauriers sold the lot); one of two houses in Quebec that are designated NHSCs in commemoration of Canada's 7th Prime Minister	80px
St. Stephen's Anglican Church	1822 (completed)	1970	Chambly	A small, stone church, originally constructed for the garrison at Fort Chambly; combines Quebec architectural traditions with Palladian influences, and is a noted example of early 19th century ecclesiastical architecture in Canada
Symmes Hotel	1831 (completed)	1976	Gatineau	A stone inn overlooking the north shore of the Ottawa River, originally built for Charles Symmes, the founder of Aylmer; notable as a stopping place on a busy early transportation route which led to the trading posts of northwestern Quebec
[[{{{1}}}]]	1806 (completed)	1969	Vaudreuil-Dorion	A gable-roofed rubblestone house built for Jean-Joseph Trestler; a noted example of traditional Quebec architecture
Trois-Rivières Historical Complex	1700 - 1829 (construction period)	1962	Trois-Rivières	A historic area comprising five buildings: De Gannes House, the Hertel de la Fresnière House, the Recollet Convent, the Recollet Church, and the Ursuline Convent; a unique group of buildings that represents 18th-century French Canada
Waapushukamikw	5050 BCE (ca.) (establishment)	2009	Baie-James	A white quartzite hill approximately 40 metres (130 ft) high that served as a major quarry site for Aboriginal peoples, and remains a place of spiritual significance for the Mistissini Cree
[[{{{1}}}]]	1877 (completed)	1999	Victoriaville	A red-brick, Italianate-style house that served as Wilfrid Laurier's principal residence for 20 years, and his summer home until his death in 1919; now a museum commemorating Canada's 7th Prime Minister
Wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland	1914 (sinking)	2009	The riverbed of the Saint Lawrence River near Rimouski	The wreck of the worst maritime disaster in Canadian history; the sole surviving ship from the Canadian Pacific Railway's heyday prior to the First World War as the world's largest and most extensive transportation and communications network
Wreck of the Elizabeth and Mary	1690 (sinking)	1996	The seabed of Anse aux Bouleaux, near Baie-Trinité	The remains of one of four vessels from the fleet of Admiral William Phips, lost during an ill-fated expedition from New England to attack New France

See also

• History of Quebec
• Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec