Musée régional de Kamouraska
A regional museum housed in a 19th-century convent school, telling the story of rural life in Kamouraska and its famous murder case.
The museum sits beside the church in the village center, in a girls’ school run by nuns and built in 1851. Its exhibits cover the colonization and farming of the Lower St. Lawrence region and riverside life, with a large collection of furniture, handicrafts and religious artifacts. One section focuses on the Kamouraska affair of 1839, a crime of passion that shook Lower Canada. The case later inspired the novelist Anne Hébert, whose novel was adapted into a film. Summer hours are roughly 9:00–17:00, admission is a little over CAD 10, and a visit takes about an hour.
Opening hours
Summer approx. 09:00-17:00
Nearby sights
- Kamouraska Village
- Site d'interprétation de l'anguille
- Kamouraska Islands
- Berceau de Kamouraska
- Halte écologique des battures du Kamouraska
- La Maison de la Prune
- Île aux Lièvres
- Notre-Dame-du-Portage