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Historical Sites related to the Life and Career of Benedict Arnold


  1. Arnold's March: Quebec Portion

Taschereau Manor

730, Notre-Dame Nord, Sainte-Marie, Quebec

This is the current manor house. Arnold visited a predecessor building. See this website (in French) for an explanation of the succession of manors here: http://genealogiestemarie.ca/data/documents/29_Manoirs-Taschereau_002.pdf

In the book "Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec: The Taschereaus and McCords", by Brian Young, it states that the American troops bivouaced at the manor on Nov 5-6, 1775. They feasted on Taschereau's food, as he was gone to Quebec. Arnold held meetings there with locals and Indian leaders. The book also states that on Feb 11, 1776, the Americans ordered that the contents, tools and animals of the manor be auctioned. Many of the locals purchased the goods.

Willard Sterne Randall, in his Arnold biography, refers to Taschereau's manor as Chateau de Lauzon, and tells of the meetings Arnold held here as his men caught up and recovered from the ordeal of the wilderness march.
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Front view of the manor
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Front view of the manor

  • Sign in front of the manor
  • Front view of the manor
  • Right side of the manor
  • Left side of the manor
  • Aerial view showing the relation of the current manor house (the white building with green roof) to the river and chapel. I believe, based on a drawing of the ruins of the previous manor house seen in this article:  <a href="http://genealogiestemarie.ca/data/documents/29_Manoirs-Taschereau_002.pdf">http://genealogiestemarie.ca/data/documents/29_Manoirs-Taschereau_002.pdf</a>  that the manor house Arnold used was probably on the opposite side of the chapel.
  • Interpretive panel situated between the church and the manor
  • View of the Chaudiere River directly across the street from the manor
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