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The Church of La Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie, as seen from La Visitation Island, circa 1900

A woman dressed in white is sitting under a tree in a small rowboat on the shore of the dike’s basin. In the background, the Church of the Visitation and its two bell towers on the shore of the Island of Montreal. The village with its many trees has retained its country-style charm.

Reproduction of a photograph by Edgar Gariépy preserved at the parish council.

The Church of La Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie, as seen from La Visitation Island, circa 1900. The Sault-au-Récollet parish church retained its pastoral and bucolic charm.

“The Sault-au-Récollet church is a place of worship for the Catholic faith erected between 1749 and 1751. An extension was built in 1850 to accommodate the new facade. 

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The church is classified as a heritage building. This classification applies to both the interior and exterior of the building, but not the surrounding land plot. The Sault-au-Récollet church is part of a protected area. It is associated to a Euroquébecois prehistoric Indigenous archaeological site.”

Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (Québec’s heritage directory).