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Bottle found at the site of Place-Royale. Ministère de la Culture et des communications archeological collection.
Point of interest: Place-Royale
King’s Stores, 1716–1760. Ville de Québec archeological collection.
Point of interest: Îlot des Palais
Carafe found at the site of Place-Royale. Ministère de la Culture et des communications archeological collection.
Late 18th century. Item carved in the Huron-Wendat style. Collection of the Augustinian Sisters of the Québec General Hospital Monastery.
Point of interest: The Augustinian Nuns and the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
Anonymous, 17th century. Musée des Ursulines de Québec.
Point of interest: Monastery of the Ursulines of Québec
Seventeenth century. Monastère des Ursulines de Québec.
Used to determine the value of precious metals at the Intendant’s Palace and elsewhere in New France, 1725–1760. Ville de Québec archeological collection.
Part of acollection that was a gift from George III in 1804. It features the royal coat of arms and the coat of arms of the diocese. Holy Trinity Cathedral collection
Point of interest: Cathedral of Holy Trinity
Intendant’s Palace, 1686–1713. City of Québec archeological collection.
Inkwell found at the site of Champlain’s second residence. Ministère de la Culture et des communications archeological collection.
Intendant’s Palace, 1725–1760. Ville de Québec archeological collection.
Ministère de la Culture et des communications archeological collection.
Point of interest: Québec's City Hall
Late 19th century. Université Laval collection.
Point of interest: Université Laval
Seventeenth century. Used to make medicine. This item bears marks from the fire of 1755. Collection of the Augustinian Sisters of the Québec General Hospital Monastery.
Eighteenth century eyelets found at the site of the railway station. Royal shipyard, 1739–1748. Ville de archeological collection.
Point of interest: Place de la Gare
Iron and brass, Intendant’s Palace, 1725–1760. Ville de Québec archeological collection.
A ring believed to have belonged to a Jesuit, religious medals, fish hooks, glass beads. Intendant’s palace, 1686–1713. Found at the site. City of Québec archeological collection
19th century. Musée des Ursulines de Québec.
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