by Robert Hicks | Last updated Jun 18, 2026 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
By Robert Hicks, May 2026 In my trip to Valcartier in 2025, I tried to imagine what it was like over 200 years ago when the place was a wilderness. Now there are roads, cars, houses and people everywhere, but it was not always like that. It is hard to...
by admin | Last updated Apr 21, 2021 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) proudly presents this documentary by Valcartier photographer and filmmaker Allison Kirkwood. It was produced as part of QAHN’s 2019-2020 project “A Different Tune: Musical Heritage in English-speaking...
by admin | Last updated Sep 17, 2020 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
This article appeared the the July, 2000 edition the Fleurs Plantes Jardins magazine. Although I can’t read much French, it is a delight to look at the beautiful photographs of this Valcartier garden. The property was originally the homestead of John Cosgrove...
by admin | Last updated Sep 17, 2020 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
This piece is believed to have been started by Bernie Monaghan and continued on by other local historians. 1647Seigneury of St-Gabriel is deeded to Robert Gifford of France1651Part of this land is given to the Huron tribe1667Remaining part of land is given to the...
by admin | Last updated Sep 7, 2020 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
The City of Quebec is so surrounded with beautiful summer resorts that such of them as are not easily reached are apt to be overlooked. Valcartier is an example of this, although only an hour’s ride by auto from the city. But it is well worth visiting, this...
by admin | Last updated Sep 6, 2020 | Family Collections, History of Valcartier
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