Manoir Papineau

The ‘Manoir Papineau’ was home to the Papineau family from 1850 to 1929. The house along with outbuildings, landscaped gardens and grounds are now open to the public and managed by Parks Canada. The site, managed by Parks Canada since 1993, represents one of the most treasured heritage locations in the area surrounding La Petite-Nation and in the greater Ottawa River region.

It was designed primarily to commemorate Louis-Joseph Papineau, the man who was to become a leading figure in Canadian politics during the 19th century, as one of the first French-Canadian nationalist leaders. The sumptuous house was built after Louis-Joseph Papineau returned from political exile in Europe, during the late 1830s to mid-1840s; he lived in the manor from 1850 with his wife and five of their children until his death in 1871.