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Commemorative plaque in the heart of Château-Richer dedicated to Olivier Letardif

Colour photograph of a commemorative bronze plaque set into a rock that reads (translation): Olivier Le Tardif 1602-1665. Arrived in New France in 1618. Clerk of Champlain, then of Compagnie des Cent-Associés. Co-seigneur and provost-judge of Côte de Beaupré. Founder of Château-Richer. Primary ancestor, together with Barbe Esmard, of the Tardif (Tardy, Tardiff) family of North America. Interred in the crypt of the Château-Richer Church. The Tardif families of North America, June 27, 1993.

Photo: Rachel Dumas, Aux Trois Couvents, 2019

This plaque honours the memory of the village’s founder. It is set into a rock near the Château-Richer community centre, not far from the church, the former presbytery, and the site once occupied by the seigneurial manor.