Rue des Ursulines, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
Houses on the Rue des Ursulines, an old road built in 1650, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. On the far right is the dome of the Chapelle des Ursulines, part of the Monastere des Ursulines, begun 1699. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13441356
Media ID
45139937
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6914px x 4447px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
