Historic Locations

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Municipality

Pointe-au-Chêne

13 - Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Church Coeur-Sacré-de-Jésus Monument

Calumet

14 - Saint-Ludger Church
15 - Holy Trinity Church
16 - Former Calumet Train Station

13 - Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Church
- Église Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire
- Monument Coeur-Sacré-de-Jésus Monument
c. 1955

This Catholic church was built in 1955 in the village of Pointe-au-Chêne, Québec in the municipality of Grenville. The exterior walls were made of roughcast and the roof was constructed using asphalt shingles. The interior walls and ceiling are made of plaster.

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14 - Saint-Ludger Church
- Église Saint-Ludger
c. 1928 - 1929

145, rue Principale, Calumet, Québec

The Catholic parish of Saint-Ludger in Calumet was formed in 1898. Because the new parish was without a church, religious services were celebrated at the Scott dance hall.  This situation continued until the inauguration of Saint-Ludger church in 1929.  In a good state of preservation, the Church was made of red bricks arranged differently here and there to cut the dullness of the walls.  A steeple, decorated with some mouldings, crowns the pitched roof.  The ornaments fixed at the ends of the two roofs enhance the beauty of the façade.  The pointed openings and the front bull’s-eye window add to the charm of the edifice.  Located on the property of the church, the small grotto of Lourdes was designed by Télesphore Carrière in the early 1960s.

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15 - Holy Trinity Church
- Église Holy Trinity
c. 1887 - 1888

176, rue Principale, Calumet, Québec

Following Reverend A. J. Greer’s suggestion, the small Holy Trinity Church was constructed for the Anglo-Protestant community in June 1888 in Calumet.  When it was first built, on land acquired for $80, its architecture was simple.  A pitched roof covered the plain building and another crowned the front vestibule.  The bell tower, constructed in 1924 above the vestibule, dominates the façade.  The bell and the wheel commanding it can also be seen.  A white aluminum coating has replaced the wood that once covered the Church. Located in the heart of the village, Holy Trinity Church stands out because of the simplicity of its architecture.

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16 - Former Calumet Train Station,
- Ancienne gare de Calumet
c. 1877

169, rue Principale, Calumet, Québec

In 1877, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company constructed the Calumet railway station.  Even though the station stopped being used in 1970, it remained an important example of the municipality’s past.  It is a modest wooden building topped with a pitched roof that stands out because of its triangular pediment.  The wooden bay in front and the superb consoles supporting the gutter mark the ancient elegance of the edifice.  The development of the railroad network played a great part in the economic expansion of Calumet.  In fact, with the transportation of mail and goods, the station was kept very busy.  Moreover, the Village served as a relay station for many passengers travelling between Ottawa and Montreal, as well as for the wealthy people travelling to the luxurious hotel at Caledonia Springs on the other side of the Ottawa River.

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