Louis-Joseph Papineau Funeral Chapel

The Louis-Joseph Papineau Funeral Chapel is part of the Papineau estate established from 1846 to 1933. After a busy political career, Louis-Joseph Papineau developed his estate by constructing several buildings, of which the manor house was the main feature, and by carrying out landscaping work. 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 edifice of neo-Gothic influence. It was rebuilt in 1933.

Rectangular in plan, the stone edifice stands amidst a forest of pine and maple trees within the boundaries of the former domain of the seigneurs of Petite-Nation. The chapel was intended solely for the burial of family members and reserved for funeral rites. The chapel's vault houses the remains of eleven members of the Papineau family, and on the walls inside the building, commemorative plaques recall the memory of fifteen other relatives. Today, the chapel is part of the Manoir Papineau National Historic Site, and is classified as a heritage building.

National Trust for Canada / Fiducie nationale du Canada owns the Chapel and contributes to its preservation.