The Historian · Marguerite · Montréal
Lieu historique national de Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier
Cartier was the key French-Canadian architect of Confederation, and his restored Victorian home tells how the 1867 union was actually brokered. The bourgeois interiors show Anglo-influenced Montreal elite life, and the exhibition on the Confederation debates is genuinely good. Parks Canada runs free admission June 19–September 7, 2026.
The Victorian home of a Father of Confederation — the story of how Canada was negotiated into being in 1867, in his own house.
— Marguerite, The Historian
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