Saint-François-Xavier Catholic church, Pointe-Fortune, 2017
![Color photograph, facade of church painted white and blue and whose steeple has no bell, on the front porch, an outdoor furniture set and a dog.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/clochers-hier-a-aujourd-hui_church-bells-yesterday-today/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2018/04/Image-9-1.jpg)
© Bernard Bourbonnais, 2017 – Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges
This church was built in 1904 and privately sold in 2015. The new owners kept most of the architectural characteristics of the building including the steeple. However, since the bells are an important element of the church’s consecration, they were removed upon sale of the building.