Accessible from the tourist bureau (the former train station) on Route 148 in Montebello, the Papineau Memorial Chapel (516Notre-Dame Street) is a modest stone building in a wooded area not far from the Manoir Papineau National Historic Site of Canada.
This is not a typical Outaouais farmhouse. For George Bryson (1813-1900), farming was a sideline.
Built in 1827, the old Hull Township Methodist Chapel is believed to be Quebec’s oldest church building still standing west of Montreal.
The old Montebello train station (502-A Notre-Dame Street) has been a landmark on Route 148 since 1931. Once crowded with passengers arriving by train from Montreal, Ottawa, the United States, and elsewhere -- people coming to stay at the famous Château Montebello -- the station is now home to the local tourist bureau.
Christ Church Aylmer is Aylmer's oldest original church building. The church's foundation stone was laid in 1843. Our long history reflects the history of Aylmer itself. This page outlines the history of Aylmer and the church, starting in the 17th century.
The Ottawa Valley (Eastern Ontario and Western Québec, commonly called l’Outaouais) was an important trading route in the history of the development of Canada. Fur traders used the Ottawa River to get into the hinterland to trade for fur goods.
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1) In 1873, Shawville became a separate municipality. Out of which township was it created?
a) Carleton.
b) Clarendon.
c) Clarence.
d) Shaw.
2) Which group was the first to settle in the Shawville area?
a) Irish Catholics from County Wexford.
b) Irish Protestants from County Tipperary.
c) Scottish Presbyterians from Lowland Scotland.
d) German Loyalists from Upstate New York..
The City of Gatineau, in collaboration with the Aylmer Heritage Association, has released a new publication spotlighting the treasures of Aylmer’s Old Village.
The Wake of Dan O’Brien
The Irish tradition of the wake is not only a special family reunion in honour of the dead: it is also a period of transition. Those who died are not quite out of this world, and not quite in the next. Clifford Robillard described one such wake:
In stories about death, funerals and wakes have a special place. Georges Newberry of Calumet Island heard this story from his old parents: