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A seigneury on the cape

Lotbinière sits on a plateau overlooking the St. Lawrence River about 50 kilometres from Québec City. From here, you can watch large ocean liners quietly sailing upstream to Montréal and the Great Lakes, and in the distance, admire the gentle contours of the Laurentians on the north shore.

A seigneury granted in 1672, it contains superb old stone houses protected as a historical complex. An early 19th century church forms a magnificent ensemble with the presbytery, cemetery and convent.

Interesting sights include the Moulin du Portage (1816), now a performance hall and picnic area set in an enchanting site on Rivière du Chêne, and a few kilometres east of the village, on the St. Lawrence, the Manoir Joly-de Lotbinière (1851) with its outdoor café, concerts, exhibitions, gardens and park and a trail leading down to a beach.

Near From here, you can watch large ocean liners quietly sailing upstream to Montréal and the Great Lakes, and in the distance, admire the gentle contours of the Laurentians on the north shore.

REGION: Chaudière-Appalaches, (in French only)

VILLAGE: http://www.municipalite.lotbiniere.qc.ca/

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Mr Maurice Senécal,

Mayor of Lotbinière