1.    Photographs of the Drouin Family Home taken at Pin-la-Garenne in July 1982

2.    Robert (Le Canadian) was born here.  It is now owned by the same family that bought it from the last Drouin in 1890. Left is front of the house, at right is the back.

3.  For a more recent picture (likely 1999), of the upgraded home of Robert, courtesy of Michel Ganivet of Pin la Garenne, see the home page of Pin la Garenne.
 

4.  Below are Photos of  theVillage of  Pin-la-Garenne taken in l982
 
 
 

• Entrance to the Village of Pin-la-Garenne from the East on D938

 
• East side of parish church of Pin (St Bathelemy)

 
• Front of Parish church. Robert (Le Canadian) was baptised here in 1607. There is a plaque in the church commemorating the event.

 

 
Robert Drouin's home at Riviere-aux-Chiens

Above is a photograph of Robert Drouin's home at Riviere-aux-Chiens (Chateau Richer).  Here, he developed his farm, left and came back to eventually settle there until his death.  The house may have changed somehow, but the land and emplacement are where he originally settled.  It is situated between St Anne de Beaupre and Chateau Richer, west, just past Riviere-aux-chiens.
 


La Maison DROUIN, 4700 Chemin Royal, Island of Orleans.

Above at left,  is a  photograph of one of the Drouin family home build on the Island of Orleans.

Built under the French Regime around the 1730's, the Drouin House has a priceless value for the architectural and cultural heritage of l'île d'Orléans. Indeed, the houses of this period still standing and that have preserved their original state are extremely rare in Quebec and North America.   The land on which is built this house has belong to three families: Baucher, Canac and Drouin. The house bears the name of this last family who lived in the house until 1984.

Why visit it?

• It’s the oldest house on the island open to visitors.

This authentic house has never been modernised : no running water as well as no structural changes to the floors or walls, ankles of wood and forged nails are a few signs of its old age

 

Former Drouin home at 4419 Chemin Royal, Island of Orleans



The above house is located behind a present more modern home at the above address.  It was for a while run as a restaurant by the owner, however the location as now been resold, with the original building's fate, undecided.  The home is believe to be at the orginal emplacement of the Drouin's land on the Island i.e. either Nicolas or his Pierre.  Research is still going on with this.  (21 July 2000).
 

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