Domaine de Maizerets (Quebec City)
DOMAIN MAIZERETS
DOMAIN MAIZERETS: THE MEETING OF NATURE AND HISTORY TO NO URBANITY
Surprising oasis of greenery in the heart of Limoilou, the 27-hectare park that appeals to both casual locals and many Quebec families who frequent visitor. The domain is divided into three main areas: the historic heart, the woodland and arboretum. Sometimes called the Central Park of Quebec, where surprised by the variety of outdoor activities and nature interpretation practiced there.
Hosted and maintained by the Company in the field Maizerets the urban park offers a program of activities and family events throughout the year, with the seasons. In winter, more than 35,000 people visit the site, while in summer, 75 000 people who come.
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A SITE STEEPED IN HISTORY
1652: The Jesuits concede a land of 7 acres by 24 deep, it takes the fief name of the Trinity. At that time, the land on the outskirts of St-Laurent, serves primarily as a hunting place for the first settlers in Quebec
1690: At the head of an English company of 2,000 men, Admiral Phips attempt a landing on the site was then called the Canardiere, because of the many ducks that are found in order to invade Quebec From this strategic location. This is one of his officers that Frontenac answer his now famous: "I have no point to make a response to your general only by the mouths of my cannons and muskets."
1696: The heirs of Simon Denys sell part of their land to Tomas and François Doyon Trefflé.
1705: The Seminar, which then as a senior Louis Ango of Maizerets, acquired much land then possessed Thomas Doyon. The gentlemen of the Seminary refresh the house built by Thomas Doyon and erect a chapel. A little later, they will build a stone barn which is still today the Domaine de Maizerets.
1759: It's the turn of General James Wolf trying in vain to invade Quebec from Canardiere.
1775: The Americans called the "Bastonnais" commandeered the house and gentlemen of the Seminary of Quebec bomb there.
1777: Seminar on rebuilt the main building respecting the typical architecture of the French regime. This is the architecture that will dictate future expansions and give the building the appearance that he still has today.
1850: The Canardiere officially became Maizerets. Following a contest for students, this name is chosen in honor of the superior of the Seminary during the acquisition of the Domaine in 1705.
1913 and 1927: Two fires ravage Maizerets.
1932: Father Godbout Maizerets transforms into a holiday which will soon welcome young people from across the region and will be in addition to the outdoors, art classes, theater, natural science and geography. In the late sixties, 400 young people attending the center and there is even a landscape Campground 96 seats, facing the Castle. Father Godbout is director of the center from 1947 to 1982.
1973: The main building of the Domaine de Maizerets obtains the status of cultural property.
1974: The main building of the Domaine de Maizerets historical monument and protected area extends in a radius of 150 meters around it.
1979 Domaine de Maizerets is acquired by the City of Quebec.
1991: The castle is the seat of the Bélanger-Campeau Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec.
1997: On the site of an old snow dump located east of Mill Creek, the Deputy City a seven-acre arboretum with more than 1500 trees.
2002: The National Capital Commission Quebec owns Domaine de Maizerets since 3 December 2002. It is still the City of Quebec is responsible for managing the site and gives a mandate to facilitate and maintain the site to the Society field Maizerets.
Over the centuries, after more than 275 years of presence of the Seminar, the Domaine de Maizerets always had the same mission to bring people from the city of e nature to offer a unique opportunity for scientific discovery, enable youth play, climbing, laughing and allow citizens to Quebec appropriating this unique place.
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HISTORIC HEART OF THE DOMAINE DE MAIZERETS
Begin his visit to Domaine de Maizerets by accessing the boulevard Montmorency is living a time travel in the footsteps of thousands of vacationers who have lived the joys of the outdoors and the wealth of scientific discovery leisure . It is also delve into the nature in the heart of urban and industrial area. Visit Domain Maizerets is certainly a change of scenery.
THE WOODED
Hard to believe we are in the heart of the district La Cité-Limoilou when walks the trails in the woods. Many ornithologists, mycologists, entomologists and followers mineralogy attending this natural oasis.
SECTOR ARBORETUM
Inaugurated in 1997, the arboretum Domain Maizerets is a vast museum garden of 7 hectares created on the site of an old snow dump. Getting exemplary value of vacant land in urban areas, the arboretum provides horticultural species that can be found easily on the market in Quebec so that visitors can easily find them if they want to decorate their gardens.
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