Step back in time to the 1860s with a visit to Father Lacombe Chapel. Join interpretive guides to explore the chapel, crypt, grotto, and cemetery on historic Mission Hill. Discover the life and work of Father Lacombe and early settlement in Western Canada. Tours available in English or French.
This is a provincial historic site.
Established at the Métis settlement formerly known as Big Lake in 1861, the Lacombe Chapel at St. Albert. It quickly eclipsed the older Lac Ste. Anne parish and became the seat of the Diocese of St. Albert in 1871. For the Métis of the upper Saskatchewan and Athabasca districts, the Parish of St. Albert would come to occupy a similar role to St. Boniface in Red River.