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Exploring Vieux Sainte-Rose, Laval
On a recent mild sunny spring day Honey and I went for an afternoon doorscursion in the Sainte-Rose district of Laval, directly north of Montréal.
A French settlement and subsequent Parrish in the area was initially founded in 1740, with incorporation of the village under the name of Sainte-Rose taking place in 1858.
Over the years the church, which I’m saving for a future post, was rebuilt or expanded four times.
Sitting on the northern part of Île-Jésus on the shores of the Rivières des Milles-Iles, Ste-Rose became somewhat of a resort/vacation community for semi-affluent Montréal merchants, after the Sainte-Rose Boating Club was founded in 1889.
As newcomers moved in the village gradually grew into a small town and was formally annexed into the city of Laval back in 1965.
The old historical section of town, Vieux Sainte-Rose, is dotted with well preserved 150-200 year-old homes,
many of which have been converted into bistros, restaurants, bakeries, antiques shops and art galleries.
Even today with its shops and restaurants and lovely old homes, the area gets lots of visitors, especially in the summer months.
But it really is a delightful place to visit on a nice sunny day just about any time of year.
As always, thanks so such for visiting 🙂
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Norm, I’m here because Dan Anton sent me to look at your doors! I have to say that I really like your door post and find it fascinating! Who would have thought that doors would be so interesting and yet they are! Thanks for ‘opening the door’ for me to appreciate doors! Yes, I know, lame pun. I’m sorry. I couldn’t help myself! I hope you understand!
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Thank you and welcome! We meet here each Thursday to share doors from just about every corner of the globe. Feel free to join in- the more the merrier 🙂
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Great finds!! This looks like an amazing place to visit. I adore old architecture! 🙂 It does seems as though they knew that you were coming 😉
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I’ve been meaning to circle back and thank you for the kind words. Sorry for the delay it has been a busy week.
BTW if I don’t *speak* to you before you leave, you guys have a wonderful trip! And don’t forget to bring back lots of great doors 😉
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Thank you Norm!
I know about busy weeks. lol. I’m hoping for lots of great doors and amazing experiences! 🙂
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What a charming place, Norm. Love the door -sign. Hugs
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Thanks Teagan and welcome 😀
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That art gallery sign was made for you! Looks like a lovely area to visit.
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Thanks Vanessa – we thought the same thing about the sign. It was a fun afternoon.
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Delightfully romantic Doors attached to some very pretty structures. That art gallery door/sign is, well … very creative!! So glad you spotted it!
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Thanks Janet. We couldn’t miss that sign, it was practically out on the sidewalk 😉
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Those stone houses/shops are lovely. I like the white curtains in windows
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Thanks Deborah. I like those little touches too. It’s so nice to see that the owners are paying attention to these details 🙂
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Truly a lovely day and place and doors, and I swear I said to myself somebody had known Norm was coming before I saw your caption.
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My wife said the same thing there at the time 😀
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‘Paper signs on front glass doors’ may be a theme this week. I just saw one on a door in Joanne’s post. They make me so curious as to what they say!
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Thanks Donna 🙂
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Norm, your doors are fabulous this week. I like the door with the hand paint.
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Me too Cee – I was sure it was because they knew I was coming 😉
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The beige house with the many windows with blue accents (and bay windows downstairs – my favorite) is the perfect one I would like to live in! Not to forget, beautiful doors too:) Great post Norm:)
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Thanks – glad you liked it 🙂
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I love the painted door. How cool. Those 150-200 year old houses look in remarkable good shape.
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Thanks 🙂
Yes these old houses seem to be well cared for.
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Delightful. Spring is coming! I am in England on leave, but my post is from Delhi.
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Thanks Ian 🙂
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Really like the third image of the old store. Looks a beautiful place to visit. :>)
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Thanks. It is a quaint little neighbourbood.
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Great diversity. So many bright colors and unique shapes. Shutter details, ooh. Love that that painted door — la vielle caserne one. It’s like they knew you were coming 🙂
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Thanks Joey, glad you liked them 🙂
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Oh, what wonderful doors! I especially like the last one, and the one painted as open. 🙂 That stone house is EPIC!
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Thanks Marian. There were a few old stone homes that had us drooling 🙂
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Looks like it was a splendid day to get out & explore. Lovely collection Norm!
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Thanks Lynn 🙂
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Super Pictures. I don’t live very far from there.
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Thanks. Lucky you; it’s a wonderful area 🙂
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Lovely old buildings, Norm. It’s great that the old fire station is being used as a gallery. My favourite is the house with the big tree growing on its corner. How strange to have a tree planted that close. I wonder which one was there first.
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That was my favourite too 🙂 (by a narrow margin)
Those houses are amazingly well-preserved considering how old they are!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you. Glad you liked it 🙂
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Just making me want to take my trip up north sooner rather than later. And you take such great photos.
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What a beautiful old village. Quebec is so famous for these!! I love the former firehall … it’s so tiny and has that massive tower behind it 🙂
My favourite are the signs made from doors. Lovers of doors are everywhere!!
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Thanks Joanne. Yes these little picturesque villages are one of our main treasures 🙂
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Nice collection of doors…never been to Ste-Rose so I guess I will have to make an effort to get there as it looks like a nice village…in a big town. (Suzanne)
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As they say: ca vaut le detour 😉
Makes for a pleasant walk especially on a nice day.
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Hard to choose even a few this week, Norm. These are all winners. I like the door sign and the last shot (the Instagram shot) in particular. Hopefully you’ve seen the last of the snow, but you never know. We had some in the forecast for last night, but fortunately it stayed too warm and it was just rain. I’m ready for the rain to move on as well. We’ve had quite a bit.
Happy Thursday.
janet
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Thanks Janet. Glad you liked them. Rain here pretty much non-stop for the last 3 days. The snowbanks are going down fast.
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Rain certainly wrecks snow!
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What a fabulous set of doors, especially the art gallery free-standing one. Just lovely.
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Thanks. So glad you liked them 🙂
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Love them all but especially the last photo, Norm. And, door signs take this post right over the top. Yes, they surely knew you were coming. 🙂
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Thanks Judy, the last one is my fave too. I love the carving in the lower panel 🙂
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A wonderful post. I especially like the Cordonnerie and the door sign – what a great idea
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Thanks Debbie – I thought that door/sign was pretty clever too.
I removed your link from the comments section and put it in the link-up list with the others, instead. Cheers 🙂
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The art gallery door is very cool with an open door painted on a door and the hand prints on the back side. Even the many teal-framed panes of glass that make up a large window are cool. The windows almost look like it might have once been a garage door. It has that feel to it.
Very pretty area, Norm. I can see that I have to put Montreal and the surrounding areas on my bucket list. So quaint and lovely!
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Thanks Mary. It is a lovely place to visit 🙂
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I love that first wooden door, especially the way the window is framed, top and bottom. I am also a fan of old fire houses being repurposed and I like the dormer windows on that mansard roof. The sign for the gallery looks like they knew you were coming!
The door at the end is similar to the one at the top, in the way the window is framed with a shelf and carved details over the glass. That’s some nice workmanship!
Great selection today, Norm!
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Thanks Dan. Yeah, the more I look at that last one the more I like about it. The carving in the lower panel is some wonderful work, well beyond my skill (or patience) level.
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Yep. I would need a CNC machine 🙂
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The free standing door is intriguing 🙂
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Thanks, me too – I thought it was an original idea for a sign 🙂
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This doors excursion was such a wonderful one to view! Happy Thursday to you and your honey. Thank you for including their centuries old shops and the art parts.
The stone house with two windows that were like dormers only in the first floor, with pretty blue outlines (4th one from the end) just was so charming, Norm. 🙂
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Thanks Robin, glad you enjoyed these 🙂
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This week leading up to Easter at work may be hectic.
Wishing you and your Honey a special and meaningful Easter, Norm. 🙂
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I enjoy the windows as much as the doors….and the brickwork.
WP removed you from my followed list. I wonder who else is missing? But it was Thursday, so I knew where to find you.
Still, it’s the sixth, not the fifth….:P
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Yes I had noticed how the windows on most of these so perfectly match. It’s wonderful to see that much attention to detail.
Wordpress does wonky things sometimes.
Thanks for the heads-up on the date. I went ahead and corrected it. I guess my brain was on auto-pilot when I was putting this post together.
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No worries 🙂 be sure that you are still following me. I know a lot of people this is happening to
Have a great day Norm!~
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