Welcome to Heritage Properties of Canada!
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Heritage Properties of Canada (HPOC) is an entrepreneurial initiative aimed at raising awareness of heritage property topics in Canada while providing an informative and visual experience for visitors. The website is focused on the appreciation of Canadian heritage properties, including homes, lands and parks, commercial buildings, public structures, and personal property such as vehicles, antiques and collectibles. We regularly publish interesting and well-researched articles, with the website and articles to be available in French in the next year. We also feature video tours of heritage places, along with photos and links to select heritage properties for sale. Our soon to be reopened e-store will provide Canadian-made heritage-style gifts and products, both new and vintage. Artisans and manufacturers from across Canada...

Fairmont le Château Montebello : Un Joyau Patrimonial Québécois et le Plus Grand Bâtiment en Bois Rond au Monde — Partie I
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Publication originale en anglais le 3 décembre 2018 par Lori Ann Sanche et David Senger Click here to view this article in English Traduction française par Gabrielle Garneau et publication le 12 mars 2020 par HPOC Cliquez ici pour télécharger l’article en version PDF Les premières impressions Après avoir traversé la rivière des Outaouais, puis pris l’autoroute 50 en direction est, nous laissons derrière nous les banlieues de Gatineau pour entrer dans les Laurentides. Nous traversons un paysage ensoleillé et gelé. Le thermomètre de la voiture indique -23 degrés Celsius, mais c’est plutôt -35 avec le refroidissement éolien. L’auto déborde de valises, de patins, de raquettes et de bâtons, car nous nous sommes préparés avec optimisme pour pratiquer les nombreuses activités sportives hivernales offertes à...
Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello: A Heritage Québec Resort and the World's Largest Log Structure - Part 1
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Driving across the Ottawa River to Québec, then east on highway QC-50, past Gatineau suburbs and into the hills of the Laurentians, we traverse the sunny frozen landscape and notice the car’s thermometer indicating -23, while not showing the real temperature of -35 with the wind chill. Our vehicle is packed with suitcases, skates, snowshoes and poles — we’re optimistically prepared for an array of winter resort activities at our destination.
Up ahead is the world’s largest log structure nestled by the Ottawa River at the foot of the mountain range. Soon we see the highway sign and eagerly anticipate our arrival.

Gorffwysfa: The Origins of 24 Sussex Drive
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The Prime Minister's Official Residence at 24 Sussex Drive is the subject of much debate over its future. HPOC invited Andrew Narraway, a recent history graduate from Carleton University, to share his research on the little-known origins of this prominent Canadian heritage property. By Andrew Narraway, M.A. The house that sits on the south bank of the Ottawa river at 24 Sussex Drive was not always simply known by its address. For years, the house went by its original name “Gorffwysfa,” meaning place or haven of rest in Welsh, a title bestowed by its original owner; Joseph Merrill Currier. The house was to be many things to Currier in its early days. Primarily, it was a representation of his life as...

Fulford Place Gardens - Virtual Tour
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We have a virtual tour video to say farewell to summer: FULFORD PLACE GARDENS - VIRTUAL TOUR The following information on the gardens is according to the Ontario Heritage Trust souvenir booklet and gardens brochure for Fulford Place museum in Brockville (note that we have added date details for those involved with the design, with thanks to Robert G. Hill, Editor of The Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada - 1800-1950): This magnificent 20,000-square-foot mansion was built in 1899-1901 for self-made millionaire and Senator George Taylor Fulford I and his family. The house was designed by noted American architect Albert W. Fuller (1854-1934), of Albany, N.Y. , with the landscaping design by the prestigious Olmsted Brothers firm, who also designed New...

Les Jardins de la Place Fulford - Visite Virtuelle
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Nous avons une vidéo de visite virtuelle: LES JARDINS DE LA PLACE FULFORD - VISITE VIRTUELLE Les informations suivantes sur les jardins sont conformes au livret souvenir et à la brochure sur les jardins du musée Fulford Place à Brockville de Fiducie du Patrimoine Ontarien (notez que nous avons ajouté les détails de la date pour les personnes impliquées dans la conception, en remerciant Robert G. Hill, rédacteur du Dictionnaire Biographique des Architectes au Canada - 1800-1950): Cette magnifique demeure de 20 000 pieds carrés a été construite entre 1899 et 1901 pour le sénateur George Taylor Fulford I (1852-1905), devenu millionaire, et pour sa famille. La bâtiment fut conçu par le célèbre architecte américain, Albert W. Fuller (1854-1934), de...