Mr. Dinu Bumbaru who is a member of the Board of Directors of The Canadian Heritage of Quebec has been awarded the 2012 Prix Gérard-Morisset by the Government of Québec. Our president, John Molson, joins you in congratulating Mr. Bumbaru for this well deserved recognition.
For more information, please check Heritage Montreal’s website at : www.heritagemontreal.org.

On Sunday October 14th, The Canadian Heritage of Quebec hosted at the Hurtubise House in Westmount a heritage activity organized by the Westmount Historical Society (WHA) in collaboration with the City of Westmount. This activity was part of Montreal Architectural Heritage Campaign 2012, called Les Belles Montréalaises and organized in collaboration with the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications (MCC), Ville de Montréal and Heritage Montreal. This campaign lasted for two weeks, from September 28th to October 14th (www.operationpatrimoime.com).

The purpose of this activity was to do a walking tour on the old Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Antoine to show to the participants, from the street, very interesting heritage houses located on this old road. The Hurtubise House has been used as a welcome place and CHQ’s General Manager, Jacques Archambault, welcomed each group of people and took this opportunity to present CHQ’s history, founders, missions and involvement in Quebec. CHQ also welcomed guides inside and offered them tea, sandwiches and cookies in collaboration with the Westmount Historical Society.

Approximately 65 people did the walking tours in spite of the rain. The volunteers of WHA have prepared all the documents for the walking tour and trained their volunteers to relay properly this information to visitors. All the participants were very happy with the newly restored Hurtubise House which now serves as a key place for the Westmount’s heritage sector. Since the end of the restoration project, the house looks better and CHQ has received a lot of congratulations from Westmounters.

On February 20, 2012, a celebration regarding Heritage Day is organised by Heritage Canada Foundation under the theme: “The Heritage of Power Generation”. The Canadian Heritage of Quebec would like to be part of this celebration by presenting the Laterrière Mill whose original mechanism is powered by a waterwheel since 1790. You will find special information about the history, architecture and mechanism in the following article.

You can also learn more about the "Heritage of Power Generation" on the following link: HeritageCanada.Org

Have a good Heritage Day.