Work in progress
![Colour photo of La Butte in winter. Wooden walls and large pane windows are predominant. An old, yellow, 1930s Ford truck is parked at the entrance.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/la-butte-a-mathieu_the-butte-a-mathieu/wp-content/uploads/sites/171/2022/10/La-Butte-61-Exterieur-caleche-auto-R.Labelle.jpg)
Photo : Ronald Labelle
During the 17 years of La Butte, Gilles Mathieu never stopped adding extensions, as well as separate houses, while doing the landscaping and decorating the interiors. Starting with a simple workshop, he managed to build an impressive complex, a village within the village of Val-David, dedicated to music, arts and crafts.