Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, a late 17th century Wendat mission in the Quebec city area

Summary

In the early 1980’s, some excavations revealed the remains of the < Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Lorette >build in 1674 in L’Ancienne-Lorette, near Quebec city, by Father Chaumonot. This chapel was at the center of a late 17th century mission mainly occupied by Huron/Wendat. One as to remember that this chapel was built on the model of the Loretto church in Italy, a church that has been partly built with materials taken from the home of the Holy Family in Jerusalem. So, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette was a place of worship not only for the Huron/Wendat, but also for the surrounding French population and for some Iroquois. Further excavations in 2013 indicated that this site is in an outstanding state of conservation. Technics of construction used to copy the model of the Loretto church will be presented as well as the artefacts discovered, including some that have probably been weared by Wendats.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014   •
• Archaeology and the Evolution of the Cultural Traditions of 16th-17th Century Wendat Sites

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-74,03