L'Église Saint-Eustache / Saint-Eustache Church

Saint-Eustache Church, built between 1780 and 1783, stood at the heart of the Battle of Saint-Eustache, an episode that marked the end of the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada. On December 14, 1837, British forces besieged the Patriotes there and then set fire to the church. Still-visible cannon-ball scars on its façade recall that fighting, while the building’s many later repairs and alterations have left its present form reflecting three centuries of evolution in Quebec religious architecture. The church remains a powerful symbol of the history of the Patriotes and the 1837 Rebellion.

Quebec · Canada