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Late spring or summer working as a member of the crew, André sails from La Rochelle, France to Île-Percé (on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec), Acadia and finally to Quebec aboard La Marguerite, a ship originally hailing from Dieppe, Normandy, (now Seine-Maritime), France. He arrives in the city of Quebec in late summer 1664.
The Maison Saint-Gabriel, the original farm house purchased by Bourgeoys in 1668, was then classified as a historic monument by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine in October 1965. Work began to restore the house that same year, under the supervision of architect Victor Depocas. [12]
The Congrégation Notre-Dame was a women's religious order created in France by Pierre Fourier and Alix Le Clerc, committed to education. [3] Following a spiritual experience in 1640 and a long search for a place within the more conventional contemplative, cloistered women's religious communities, Bourgeoys joined the externe Congregation at Troyes.
After the death of her husband, René Lescop, she attended writing workshops and wrote her autobiography, Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans, published in 1996 by Salon du livre de Montréal. [2] The book obtained considerable success, with more than 100,000 copies sold. [3] She gave numerous conferences at retirement homes across Quebec. [4]
Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval (fl 1515–1542) was a French noblewoman who spent some years marooned on the Île des Démons while on her way to New France (Quebec). She became well known after her subsequent rescue and return to France; her story was recounted in the Heptaméron by Queen Marguerite of Navarre, and in later histories by François de Belleforest and André Thévet.
Sainte-Julie (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒyli]; originally Sainte-Julie-de-Verchères), is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality.
The development and growth of the village of Sainte Adele began in 1938 with the opening of Le Chantecler Hotel[8], a 45-room inn on the shores of Lac Rond. Today this hotel has grown into a beautiful world class resort and convention centre. In 1939 this was followed by the development of the Ste. Adele Lodge in the centre of the community.
In 1653, Jean de Ravalet died and left the chateau to a nephew, but having given all his fortune to charity, the estate was penniless. The chateau was sold, and the remaining de Ravalet family members relocated to various areas across Europe. The church the siblings were entombed in was demolished between 1797 and 1800.