Village de Séraphin
Location within Central Quebec | |
| Established | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | May 30, 1999 |
| Location | 300-350, rue Séraphin Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°58′21″N 74°09′59″W / 45.97250°N 74.16639°W |
| Type | Living museum |
The Village de Séraphin is a former Canadian open-air museum inspired by the television drama Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut, with more than eighteen houses to visit, located from № 300 to № 350, rue Séraphin in Sainte-Adèle.
History
In 1965, Fernand Montplaisir, a pharmacist from Sainte-Adèle, bought land where Claude-Henri Grignon had located the house of Séraphin Poudrier, to build the Village de Séraphin. For $50,000, he obtained the rights to use the characters of Claude-Henri Grignon.[1][2]
The Village de Séraphin was inaugurated in 1967, with initially eight post-and-plank houses bought in the vicinity of Sainte-Adèle and rebuilt in the village. In this first season, more than 100,000 people visited the place.[1][3]
In 1977, the Village de Séraphin had 17 houses to visit.[4]
Fernand Montplaisir inaugurated in 1983 a new park called Pays des Merveilles, located near the site of the Village de Séraphin.[2]
In the mid-1980s, the château de la riche héritière was built, bringing the number to eighteen houses to visit.[5][6]
Following the death of her husband Fernand Montplaisir in January 1998, Thérèse Montplaisir tried to sell the village, but without success.[7]
On May 30, 1999, the Village de Séraphin was opened to the public for the last time and sold at auction.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b "Le Village de Séraphin est construit sur la terre même où Claude Henri-Grignon avait situé la maison de Séraphin Poudrier" (PDF). BAnQ. La Presse. July 11, 1977. p. A9.
- ^ a b "Du Village de Séraphin à la croisière sur le lac des Sables" (PDF). BAnQ. La Presse. September 17, 1983. p. Y3.
- ^ "Histoire Sainte-Adèle connaît la célébrité". Ville de Sainte-Adèle.
- ^ "100,000 visiteurs pour Séraphin" (PDF). BAnQ. La Presse. July 11, 1977. p. A1.
- ^ Chartier, Daniel (2000). L'émergence des classiques: la réception de la littérature québécoise des années 1930. Éditions Fides. pp. 70–81.
- ^ Colombo, John Robert (June 1, 2001). 1000 Questions About Canada: Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture.
- ^ "Le Village de Séraphin mis aux enchères" (PDF). BAnQ. La Presse. May 25, 1999. p. A15.
- ^ "Le village de Séraphin vendu aux enchères" (PDF). BAnQ. La Presse. May 31, 1999. p. A6.
- ^ "Reportage of Radio-Canada on the end of Village de Séraphin". Archives de Radio-Canada. May 30, 1999.
Further reading
- Tour guide : Lemay, Nicole; Dubreuil, Mario; Village de Séraphin ltée (1987). Le musée Village de Séraphin, Ste-Adèle (in French). Saint-Constant: PPRP Inc. ISBN 978-2980084102. OCLC 16871165.