Premier événement du genre au Québec, le Sommet est un grand rassemblement des forces vives du patrimoine bâti. Il se veut une occasion unique de convergence entre tous les intervenants, groupes, associations, chercheurs, institutions et citoyens intéressés par le patrimoine local, régional ou national.

L’événement a pour objectifs de :

• Sensibiliser les citoyens à l’importance du patrimoine dans leur quotidien, dans leur environnement, et susciter leur engagement;
• Positionner les organismes nationaux auprès des citoyens, des élus et des promoteurs immobiliers en tant qu’acteurs de première ligne, compétents et accessibles;
• Favoriser les échanges et la collaboration entre les différents acteurs;
• Dégager les enjeux majeurs qui seront identifiés à travers les différents types de patrimoines;
• Définir des priorités d’action à l’échelle nationale.

Il est initié par la Table de concertation qui réuni une dizaine d’organismes de portée nationale impliqués à leur façon dans la sauvegarde et la mise en valeur du patrimoine bâti au Québec.

Source : https://sommetpatrimoinebati.ca/

Once again this year, The Canadian Heritage of Quebec will organize a series of conferences for its donors and partners. In order to celebrate the 375th anniversary of Montreal, the theme of the conferences will be on the “Hurtubise Family and Farmhouse”.

You are cordially invited to the fourth conference which will take place on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hurtubise House, 563 Côte St-Antoine Road in Westmount (corner Victoria). The subject of this conference will be “Préserver le patrimoine végétal par la reproduction”.

This conference will be bilingual and divided in two sections of 30 minutes each as follows:

1. Patrice Fortier: Background in Visual Arts and gardener and seed sowerbytrade: Patrice will share his experience in the dynamic preservation of plant heritage and its importance for future generations. This conference will bring new prospects for the vegetable garden at the Hurtubise House.
   
   Biography: After getting involved in community gardening and urban landscaping projects, inspired by Seeds of Diversity Canada, he founded in 2001 «La société des plantes» in Kamouraska: It is a small certified organic farm where he gives workshops and produces seeds of heirloom vegetables and other mostly uncommon crops that are well suited for the northern gardens.
   
   
   
2. Mardjane Amin: 2017 Heritage Gardens at the Hurtubise House. Mardjane will present the kind of vegetables that will be planted and will grow in the Hurtubise House’s gardens during the summer of 2017.
   
   Biography: Mardjane Amin is an Heritage Consultant, Master in Conservation of Built Heritage from University of Montreal. In 2016, she developed the gardens project and created them with the help of 30 students from Université de Montréal and McGill University.
   

As seats are limited, please reserve by email by no later than March 26, 2017. This conference is free for donors and $5 for non-members.

It has been a good start for the summer season of The Canadian Heritage of Quebec and now we want to open the Hurtubise House to the public for our Cup of Tea on Wednesdays event.

Through this activity, The Canadian Heritage of Quebec wants to invite the citizens of Westmount to come and mark six decades of their implication in the conservation of heritage sites in Quebec. The Cup of Tea on Wednesdays’ event will take place at the Hurtubise House, the head-office of our organization, located at 563 Côte-Saint-Antoine Road (corner Victoria) in Westmount. Guests will have an opportunity to discover the Hurtubise House, visit the exhibition which is dedicated to the Hurtubise family and also the heirloom vegetables garden. They will be greeted at the entrance with the necessary information and will be free afterwards to explore this historic property, classified heritage site by the government of Quebec in 2004.

This open house will allow the public to discover the Hurtubise House, the oldest house in Westmount, in a newperspective. Guests can enjoy tea and cookies while visiting the exhibition, the yesteryear décor of the house and its flower gardens. The open house will take place on three Wednesdays in summer: 20thof July, 3rdof August and 17thof August. Visiting hours will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and entrance fees will be at $5 per person, including drinks and a snack.

As the number of places is limited, reservation is recommended for this educational, unique and immersive event. Interested visitors can contact us by telephone during work hours at 438-381-4567.

The Canadian Heritage of Quebec is proud to mark the 375th anniversary of Montreal and the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation by inviting amateurs of history and heritage for a tour of one of its magnificent properties: the Hurtubise House, the oldest building in the neighbourhood of Westmount. Built in 1739 and located at 563 chemin de la Côte-Saint-Antoine, this old farmhouse was the home of a French American large family, namely the Hurtubise, for many generations.

Come and join us for a cup of tea and a partially guided tour where you will discover the classical architecture and original interior of the Hurtubise House, as well as the new exhibitions on Montreal and the Canadian Confederation. Guests will also discover the new library and heirloom vegetables gardens.

The Open House at the Hurtubise House will take place on Wednesday July 9th and the following Tuesdays: 15, 22 and 29 August. The visit will begin at 1:30 p.m. (sharp) to end at 3:30 p.m. Access to the partially guided tour of the house and the gardens is comprised in the entrance fees of $10 and includes tea, drinks and a snack. As the number of seats is limited (15 guests per visit), please make your reservation now by email at coord@hcq-chq.org.

Revenues collected from these activities will be used mainly to continue the Heritage’s mission which is the conservation of cultural and natural heritage in Quebec.

This year, the Hurtubise House celebrates the 60th anniversary of its acquisition and conservation by The Canadian Heritage of Quebec. In order to mark this anniversary, there was an indoor exhibition on the six generations of the Hurtubise family who used to live in this ancestral house.

The opening of this exhibition and the launching of the summer season took place on Thursday, June 16th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m at the Hurtubise House.

Through this exhibition, The Canadian Heritage of Quebec wanted to enhance one of the oldest houses in Westmountand reminisce on the agricultural transition to the urbanization of this municipality.

Furthermore, the summer season launch of The Canadian Heritage of Quebec’s properties was held during this cocktail and a presentation was given on the rentals of some of the heritage properties. Please click the following link on our website Summer-2016 to get more information on these houses.

During the summer season, several activities are also open to the public with the collaboration of The Canadian Heritage of Quebec’s partners, namely the Fraser Manor, the Domaine Pointe de-Saint-Vallier, the Greenwood Centre for Living History, as well as Les Éboulements Mill.

We would like to thank our guests and partners, as well as the Brigade Napoleon of North America, for attending this event.

Please do not hesitate to communicate with us for further information.

Have a great summer!

The staff and volunteers of The Canadian Heritage of Quebec

The inauguration of the commemorative vegetable and flower gardens of the Hurtubise House took place on May 17th, 2016. The purpose of this project is to mark the 60th anniversary of the acquisition and conservation of the Hurtubise House by The Canadian Heritage of Quebec. The idea of a commemorative garden comes from Mardjane Amin, heritage consultant, after she discovered the agricultural history of the site of the Hurtubise House. From there started the “agricultural” project in order to revitalize the landscape of the Hurtubise House. Heirloom and heritage seeds were sowed so that the vegetable and flower gardens reflect the agricultural past of the Hurtubise farm.

The realization of the “agricultural” project was made possible thanks to the generous collaboration of the Jardins de l’écoumène who donated heritage seeds, as well as the Cour à bois Villeneuve who offered rebates on wood and hardware. Not to mention the involvement of several students from McGill University and Université de Montréal and some of these students now form part of the young volunteers committee of The Canadian Heritage of Quebec.

As you will note on the pictures, the landscaping of the gardens harmonizes with the incomparable heritage value of the Hurtubise House. Please come and visit the magnificent gardens of the Hurtubise House and see the remarkable transformation. For a visit of the house, please make an appointment by sending an email to coord@hcq-chq.org. If you want to become a volunteer for the maintenance of the gardens or for any comments, kindly use the same email address.

Here is an article from The Suburban, in the edition of may 25, 2016, on the Hurtubise House and its commemorative gardens. Read the article

The Canadian Heritage of Quebec (CHQ) finances its activities through the summer rental of its heritage houses. The rental revenues are used for the maintenance of CHQ’s properties.

Now is the time to start making your reservation for 2016. Please note that Wi-Fi is available at all our rental properties. Summer-2016

During the summer of 2013 and 2014, two volunteers of the Corporation of Domaine Pointe-de-Saint-Vallier worked hard to restore these splendid gardens.

Terry and Terry Sulymko – a couple from Toronto – spent several weeks each summer to work on the gardens of Domaine Pointe-de-Saint-Vallier. Thanks to them, old stone arrangements have been unearthed. In the summer of 2015, they continue their great work and the small pond at the manor will soon be refreshed.

The transformation is stunning as demonstrated by the photos below. For more information and to view photo gallery, click here 2013 and here for the pictures 2014

It is amazing to see what these gardens have become. This is a very nice place to enjoy the flowers and their colours during summer time. It is really worth a visit! (http://www.pointedesaintvallier.com/)

Malgré le temps gris du lundi 22 mai, une vingtaine de personnes sont venus découvrir les nombreuses facettes de la plus vieille maison de Westmount, la Maison Hurtubise. Toujours présente depuis 278 ans, la Maison Hurtubise expose divers éléments architecturaux qui montrent l’évolution de la maison de la ferme des Hurtubise depuis sa construction en 1739 jusqu’à aujourd’hui.

Merci au Réseau du patrimoine anglophone du Québec (QAHN) et à la Fédération Histoire Québec (FHQ), d’avoir proposé la visite de la maison dans le cadre de l’excursion Reflections of the English-Speaking Heritage of Montreal lors de leur congrès du 20 au 22 mai dernier. Merci aussi à The Westmount Historical Association pour avoir organisé cette visite.

Depuis plus de six décennies, l’héritage canadien du Québec en assure la conservation.

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).

Old Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Antoine, Walking Tour – click to enlarge. Old Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Antoine, Walking Tour

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.

You can also find more information about the Hurtubise House in the September 2012 Newsletter.

Hurtubuise House Guided Walking Tour