Merchant, Surveyor and Notary
Residence built by the Acadian Michel Saindon, first notary in the region.
After settling, he worked as a merchant and surveyor, but most importantly as a notary for the territory extending from Kamouraska to Rimouski. Between 1769 and 1780, he drew up almost 600 contracts for the first inhabitants of the area. When he died in 1780, half of his concession and his residence passed to his son Jean and, from 1789, the house was used as a house-chapel until the first church was built in 1809. Having been built on the path along the tidal flats bordering the river, the house was taken down and its length reduced, to be rehoused on the hill around 1795.
Photo source:
Taken from the book by Laurent Saindon, Histoire et Généalogie de la famille Saindon d’Amérique du Nord, Volume 1 History, p. 85