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Maison Drouin

Summary
Maison Drouin (also known as Maison Cyril-Drouin) is a farmhouse located in a rural setting in Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada. It was built between 1729 and 1730, then extended between 1734 and 1736. One of the oldest houses on Île d'Orléans, it has retained many of its original features over time, having undergone only minor changes since its extension. It bears witness to the pre-Industrial Revolution Quebec lifestyle. It was built by the Canac dit Marquis family, who kept it until 1872 when it passed into the hands of the Drouin family. In 1996, it was purchased by the Fondation François-Lamy, an organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of Île d'Orléans. It has since been converted into a historical interpretation center for Île d'Orléans and opened to the public. It was classified as a heritage building by the Minister of Culture and Communications in 2010, and is part of the Île-d'Orléans heritage site. The Drouin house is located at 2958 Chemin Royal in Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, in a rural area near the border with Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. The house is located on a relatively flat parcel with mature trees. It overlooks the St. Lawrence River and Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, which is on the other side of the channel. It is part of the Île-d'Orléans heritage site, declared by the Government of Quebec in 1970. René Baucher dit Morency was the first to acquire the land on which Maison Drouin is located. He was born around 1646 in the parish of Saint-Martin de Montmorency parish in France. He was the brother of Guillaume Baucher dit Morency, who settled in Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans in 1656 and is the ancestor of the Morency families of Quebec. However, René's presumed arrival in New France came later. Indeed, there is no mention of him in America before January 8, 1666, the date of his marriage to his first wife Adrienne Grandjean. A month after his union, on February 10, 1666, René Baucher signed a deed with Marie-Barbe de Boullongne, widow of Louis d'Ailleboust, seigneur of Argentenay, granting him three arpents of land facing the St.
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