Villa Les Rochers: Summer Home of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald Villa Les Rochers: Summer Residence of Sir John A. and Lady Agnes Macdonald Canadian Heritage of Quebec
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 […]
Agricultural hayfields and boathouses defined much of the land along the edge of the Saint Lawrence River near Rivière-du-Loup in the 1950s.
Colour photograph of the Saint Lawrence River shoreline at St. Patrick near Rivière-du-Loup.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]