General Archives | Villa Les Rochers: Summer Residence of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald

View From St. Patrick Toward the Saint Lawrence River

Agricultural hayfields and boathouses defined much of the land along the edge of the Saint Lawrence River near Rivière-du-Loup in the 1950s.

Shoreline at St. Patrick c. 1956

Colour photograph of the Saint Lawrence River shoreline at St. Patrick near Rivière-du-Loup.

The Lure of the Lower Saint Lawrence: Home of Villa Les Rochers

Transcript for “The Lure of the Lower Saint Lawrence: Home of Villa Les Rochers”, a documentary with moving film, four interview subjects alternately speaking, and a montage of […]

The Last Spike

In this most iconic of Canadian historical photographs, the Hon. Donald A. Smith is seen driving the commemorative last spike to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway, on the […]

Lord Monck

Lord Monck, Canada’s first Governor General, photographed by William Notman in Montreal in 1866, was an early St. Patrick summer resident.

Lady Frances Monck

Lady Frances Monck, the wife of Canada’s first Governor General, was photographed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1864, by William Notman. She and her husband enjoyed summers in St. […]

Sir John A. Macdonald Speaks About Canada’s Constitution

Transcript of Sir John A. Macdonald’s words, on the subject of Canada’s Constitution, read by Nick Olcott: [Nick Olcott] “I would again implore the House not to let this […]

Watercolour by Lady Agnes Macdonald: “From my camp at Kamouraska”

Watercolour painting by Lady Agnes Macdonald showing the view from her fishing cabin at Kamouraska, and entitled “From my camp at Kamouraska”, August 31 1880.

Watercolour by Lady Agnes Macdonald: “The Mill at Rivière-du-Loup”

Watercolour painting by Lady Agnes Macdonald showing the old mill of Rivière-du-Loup and entitled “The Mill at Rivière-du-Loup”, September 7, 1880.

Watercolour by Lady Agnes Macdonald: “A Wet Day in Rivière-du-Loup”

Watercolour painting by Lady Agnes Macdonald showing a guest relaxing at Les Rochers and entitled “A Wet Day in Rivière-du-Loup”, 1880.

Watercolour by Lady Agnes Macdonald: “Near the Bathing Place”

Watercolour painting by Lady Agnes Macdonald, showing a view on a beach and fields in the distance, entitled “Near the Bathing Place”, 1880.

Watercolour by Lady Agnes Macdonald: “From the Summer House at Rookwood”

Watercolour painting by Lady Agnes Macdonald showing the view on the St. Lawrence River from a neighbour’s house in St. Patrick and entitled “From the Summer House at Rookwood […]