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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 […]

William Collis Meredith and Family

William Collis Meredith, Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court, and his family were amongst the earliest summer residents in St. Patrick. Here he is photographed with one […]

Sir Charles Tupper, 1870

Sir Charles Tupper was at one time, the doctor of Sir John A. Macdonald. Later he became one of his cabinet ministers. Here he was in April 1870, […]

Watercolour by James Peachy

Watercolour by British/Canadian artist James Peachy, from 1785, depicting some of the native peoples of Quebec.

Thomas McGreevy

Hon. Thomas McGreevy (1827-1897), photographed by James Topley, also enjoyed spending summers with his family in St. Patrick. One summer, when renovations rendered Villa Les Rochers uninhabitable, McGreevy […]

Herbert Symington

Herbert James Symington, president of Trans Canada Airlines and a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, owned Les Rochers and loved to spend summers there with his family […]

Henry Newell Bate and Some of His Family

Henry Newell Bate, seated on right, his eldest daughter Margaret Lisette Bate Christie, seated on left, his granddaughter Fay Christie Symington, standing at the back, and great-granddaughter Margaret […]

Lady Agnes Macdonald by William Notman

This photo of Lady Agnes Macdonald, photographed by William Notman, was reproduced and used as a calling card when she visited friends or during social outings.

Sir John A. Macdonald Speaks From Aboard Train, 1886

Transcript of Sir John A. Macdonald’s words spoken from aboard train, 1886, read by Nick Olcott: [Nick Olcott] “I am surprised that the building of the railway has […]

Kenneth Molson and His Daughter Jane, c. 1924

Kenneth Molson playing happily with his youngest daughter, Jane Beatrice Molson, circa 1924 in front of his summer house in St. Patrick.

Mary Macdonald 1893

Mary Macdonald, daughter of Sir John A. Macdonald, 1893. She is in mourning following the death of her father in 1891. Photographed in Ottawa by William James Topley.

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, 1872

Sir John A. Macdonald photographed in 1872, by William Topley. One year later, Macdonald would resign as Prime Minister in the aftermath of the Pacific Scandal. […]