True relic of a bygone era, the country schools in Quebec were more than 4,000 only 70 years ago. From 1829, with the adoption of the Act for the promotion of public education, until 1960 when the school reform enters into force, these schools...
We are in 1887, almost four years after the founding of this municipality of the Laurentians region, north of Montreal. Arrivals from the Saint-Laurent city after four days of driving in a barouche, two Marianite nuns from Sainte-Croix have the hard task of creating a school and serving early childhood education. The first few years are hard, and they will have to teach, care for the people, cut and burn their own wood and take care of their little piece of land where they garden what they eat.
Faced to the increase of the population, a first convent was built in 1900, the boys were separated from the girls in 1908 and received their education in the monastery located across the street.
In 1951, after destroying the previous building, which had become obsolete, a family-run institute for domestic education was built, the building now abandoned. This was where the future house-mistresses were trained by focusing their education on sewing, culinary art, weaving, gardening and childcare.
In 1966, the vocation of the building changed and became a nursing home for the nuns until it was abandoned several years ago.
Today, the building seems doomed to be razed. Emptyed of its contents for a while, most of the rooms have seen their walls demolished as if the owner had undertaken renovations that he could not complete. Nevertheless, the structure seems in good condition, despite the infiltration of water here and there. On its main door, an old and tatty sign "For Sale" testifies to the little interest that the building arouses. Fortunately, even taggers and vandals seem to be held at a distance.
True relic of a bygone era, the country schools in Quebec were more than 4,000 only 70 years ago. From 1829, with the adoption of the Act for the promotion of public education, until 1960 when the school reform enters into force, these schools...
Abandoned for more modern constructions or left behind to adrift once the occupants died, abandoned houses populate the countryside. Hidden under vegetation who tries to conquer its old territory, sometimes the passing years prevent explorers...
Well hidden behind a church and large mature trees, the old convent was abandoned for some years. In a resplendent form, it doesn't look abandoned, except for the thousand dead flies on the floor who confirm that clean up hasn't been made for a...
Located in Franklin, southwest of Montreal, the story of the now abandoned Dorea Institute is told by bits and pieces. Not that its story is marked by horrors (…or maybe it is?), but it is rather difficult to find accurate information on the...