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The Châteauguay convent

Black and white photo of the convent of the Congregation of Notre Dame. Convent girls are in front of the low wall separating the convent from the parish enclosure, on the left.

Source: Collection Maison LePailleur

Around 1840, the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre-Dame settled in the convent built along the Chateauguay River, next to the church of Saint-Joachim.

The numerous floods made the sisters fearful and damaged the building. Therefore, the decision was made in 1910 to build a new convent, somewhat more distant from the river. The nuns and their young students moved the following year.

When the convent-educated girls looked out the window, they could see Maison LePailleur on the opposite bank of the river.