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 well-researched articles on the diverse heritage of Canada, in English and occasionally in French. Our goal is to make the site fully bilingual. We also feature some video tours of heritage places. Plus, HPOC has created an original product – Canadian Vistas Ambient Nature Videos, a streaming service showcasing awe-inspiring footage of our country’s great natural spaces, offered for a...
La Maison Dumas dans le Vieux-Montréal
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“Bienvenue à la Maison Dumas. Cette magnifique propriété a été construite vers 1690, ce qui en fait l'une des deux maisons originales du vieux port. C'était à l'origine une maison en bois qui a été achetée par Eustache Prévost au 18e siècle.” Cette citation est tirée de l’annonce immobilière pour la Maison Dumas, sujet de notre propriété patrimoiniale, qui est présentement en vente à Montréal. Notre dernier article de HPOC a été écrit par l’historienne, Dr. Juliette Champagne, qui élabore sur l’histoire de cette propriété construite par le tonnelier, M. Prévost , en 1757 et transformée en cette luxeuse maison en pierre que nous voyons aujourd’hui.
The Maison Dumas in Old Montreal
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“Welcome to la Maison Dumas. This magnificent property was built around 1690, making it one of the two original houses in the old port. It was originally a wooden house which was purchased by Eustache Prévost in the 18e Century.” This quote is from the real estate listing for la Maison Dumas, our subject heritage property, which is currently for sale in Montreal. Our latest HPOC article written by historian Dr. Juliette Champagne elaborates on the history of this property built by M. Prévost in 1757 and transformed into the luxurious stone home we see today.
Bon Echo Provincial Park: A Case Study of Canadian History, Heritage, Landscape, and Identity
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Dr. Jordan Chase, who holds a PhD in History, guides us through the fascinating heritage of Bon Echo Provincial Park and the significance of the famous Mazinaw Rock that has been a meeting place since time immemorial, where culture, history and art intersect. This article accompanies the launch of the Canadian Vistas Ambient Nature Videos streaming service, which features footage of the Rock lit up at sunset. Photos in the article, unless otherwise indicated, are of scenes from the "Mazinaw Rock Spotlight" video.
Pioneering in Rural Ontario: A Fall Colours Driving Tour of 1 1-2 Loyalist Stone Homes in Northeastern Elizabethtown-Kitley
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This inaugural article by Heritage Properties of Canada by no means covers the rich history of the pioneering of Elizabethtown-Kitley, but instead ‘paints’ an impression of this early Canadian settlement area in Eastern Ontario between 1790 – 1870, with a focus on the pioneers’ stone homes. The driving tour will inspire the tourist to experience a rural heritage location that, rarely seen in today’s ever-changing environments, has remained remarkably similar in nature to the way it was before Canada’s Confederation.