Louis-Joseph-Papineau Funeral Chapel

The Louis-Joseph-Papineau Funeral Chapel is part of the Papineau estate, which existed from 1846 to 1933. After a busy political career, Louis-Joseph Papineau developed his estate by constructing several buildings—the manor house being the main feature—and by landscaping the grounds. Built between 1853 and 1855 on the seigneurial estate by Louis-Joseph Papineau and his son Louis-Joseph-Amédée, the funeral chapel is a small religious building in the Neo-Gothic style. It was rebuilt in 1933.

With a rectangular floor plan, the stone building is located in the middle of a forest of pine and maple trees within the boundaries of the former estate of the lords of Petite-Nation. The chapel was intended solely for the burial of family members and reserved for funeral rites. The chapel’s crypt houses the remains of eleven members of the Papineau family, and commemorative plaques on the interior walls honor the memory of fifteen other relatives. Today, it is part of the Manoir-Papineau National Historic Site and is designated as a heritage building.

The National Trust for Canada / Fiducie nationale du Canada owns the chapel and helps preserve it.