Crédit: Claire Morin
A Village Born from the Seigneurial System.
Lotbinière clings to the edge of the plateau overlooking the St. Lawrence River about sixty kilometers southwest of the city of Quebec.
Granted as a seigneury in 1672, it boasts magnificent old stone houses forming a classified ensemble, and the early 19th-century church, along with the presbytery, cemetery, and convent, forms a magnificent complex that constitutes the village core.
A visit to the Portage Mill (1816), now a concert hall and picnic area in an enchanting site on the Oak River, is a must.
A few kilometers east of the village, on the banks of the St. Lawrence, the Joly-de Lotbinière Manor (1851), former residence of a Quebec prime minister, welcomes you with its café terrace, concerts, exhibitions, gardens, and park, where a trail leads to the riverbank in a paradisiacal setting.
Before us, large ships peacefully sail up the river towards Montreal and the Great Lakes, or out to sea, and in the distance, on the north shore, we glimpse the gentle shapes of the Laurentian Mountains and the villages of Deschambault and Cap-Santé.
