TRIP TO LOYALIST LAND
To discover the country, there’s nothing like a motorcycle. We propose you to discover the beautiful roads of southern Quebec. This week, a walk in the green hills of Brome-Missisquoi, cradle of the Loyalists in Quebec.
KILOMETERS 0 TO 80: FROM MONTREAL TO SAINT-ARMAND
Simon Lyster’s cabin
From Montreal, we take highways 10 and 35 before taking route 133 to Champlain Road, which leads us to the shores of Missisquoi Bay, in the Philipsburg sector. On the corner of James Street, you will find the modest cabin of Simon Lyster, a Loyalist blacksmith who arrived here in 1784. The little house, a private residence still inhabited, is the oldest Loyalist-style building in Quebec. In fact, there are only eight such cabins remaining that bear witness to the arrival in Quebec of the first contingent of settlers who remained loyal to the British Crown following the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which recognized American independence.
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