Salon De La Moto De Quebec

Revering their sacred religious principles, the early European settlers made sure their new Canadian home sites included places for worship. One of the oldest French stone churches still standing is L’eglise Nôtre-Dame-des-Victoires in Quebec City.

Church of Champlain’s Habitation

On land granted by the Governor and Administrator of New France, Bishop Francois de Laval and the residents of Samuel de Champlain’s Habitation built the first L’eglise Nôtre-Dame-des-Victoires at Place-Royale in 1688. (Now Quebec City, the Habitation was first settled in 1608.) Designed by Claude Baillif, the plans included a small chapel for worship and a rectory overlooking the market. Initially named “Enfant-Jesus”, the stone church was then renamed “Nôtre-Dame-de-la-Victoire” (Our Lady of the Victory) in 1690, said Luc Noppen and Lucy K. Morisset of the University of Quebec's coverage of organ music in Quebec. The building then received the title of “L’eglise Nôtre-Dame-des-Victoires”, Our Lady of Victories, in 1711 after the shipwrecking of British Admiral Hovender Walker’s attacking fleet in the St. Lawrence River.