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
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 British/Canadian artist James Peachy, from 1785, depicting some of the native peoples of Quebec.
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 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, 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 […]
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.
Kenneth Molson playing happily with his youngest daughter, Jane Beatrice Molson, circa 1924 in front of his summer house in St. Patrick.
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 A. Macdonald photographed in 1872, by William Topley. One year later, Macdonald would resign as Prime Minister in the aftermath of the Pacific Scandal. […]