Découvrez un pionnier de la Nouvelle-France en faisant la connaissance d’Olivier le Tardif.  Ce compagnon de Samuel Champlain a participé à la colonisation de la Côte-de-Beaupré et à la fondation de Château-Richer, dont il fut le premier seigneur.  Sa vie mouvementée en fait un symbole de la première génération de Français en Amérique.

A showcase of Chester Garden Club activities and events over the past 85 years.  Garden tours of Cove and Parade Gardens with  other events throughout the summer.

The Colonial Building was home to the Newfoundland and Labrador Legislative Assembly from 1850 until 1959. A gem of neoclassical architecture, the building’s grandeur is a testament to the optimism its builders felt about our future. Beautifully restored, this building is once again a gathering place for people to explore, contemplate, challenge, commemorate, and debate […]

The Manor is celebrating its colonial past with a special exhibit in the north room. Four vignettes will highlight this history. Colonel Scott circa 1770, the Victorian era circa 1850, the time of the Tolson family who saved the house in its decrepit state from being torn down and who began a lengthy restoration circa […]

The museum will be displaying antique tractors, traction engine, stationary engines and farm exhibits. We will have a contest of strength by inviting local teams to try to pull a 1/2 scale traction engine over a distance of ten feet in the quickest time. Also to raise money for our future General store build we’ll […]