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

Debussy’s Clair de Lune at Villa Les Rochers

At Villa Les Rochers in St. Patrick, Quebec, there is an old Victrola and a collection of records including Clair de Lune, by Debussy. Enjoy this three-and-a-half-minute visual […]

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 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 […]

Timber Slide, Ottawa c. 1880

A frequent sight on the canal, and not far from the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, was that of timber slides going over the Chaudière Falls, c. 1880-1900.

The Macdonalds and the Tilleys

The Macdonalds were for many decades, close friends of the Sir Leonard Tilley and his family. This photo, taken by Herbert Tilley, was published in “The Life and […]

Rookwood in July 2017

The summer cottage known as Rookwood is located not far from Villa Les Rochers in old St. Patrick. Early governors general including the Moncks and the Dufferins occasionally […]

“The Bathing Place” Below Villa Les Rochers 2017

A walk along the shoreline below Villa Les Rochers today can reveal some of the places Lady Agnes Macdonald liked to paint. “The Bathing Place” is one such […]

Coloured Illustration of Rivière-du-Loup

“Rivière-du-Loup, or Fraserville, on the Saint Lawrence River, the Eastern Terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway, from a sketch by G. H. Andrews” Originally published in the Illustrated […]

Villa Les Rochers – View From the Front Door

The mid-summer view of the front lawn at Villa Les Rochers, c. 1995, is inviting, airy and intimate and the same time.

Kenneth Molson’s Summer House

Kenneth Molson’s estate in St. Patrick was put up for sale after his death in 1932, and this was one of the photos later used to advertise the […]

Villa Les Rochers, Coloured Postcard

This undated coloured postcard of Villa Les Rochers was one of a number of postcards of the late Victorian era in Quebec featuring local homes of distinction.