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    TWO FLAMING ARROWS

    Mar 04, 2019 3 minutes
    TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY PERRY MASTROVITO

    The former farmhouse now known as Therrien House was built around 1722 in the St-François district of Laval, Quebec’s third-largest city. It is believed to be one of the oldest homes on this island located just north of Montreal and bordered by the Des Prairies and Mille-Îles rivers. Historical records reveal that the original inhabitant, Pierre Beauchamp, a carpenter, was given the land by the Séminaire de Québec in 1718

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