Pensionnat du Sacre-Coeur (right), also known as the College des Dames-Ursulines, or the College Marie-de-l'Incarnation, or the Ecole normale des Ursulines, built in 1882 as a boarding school for girls established by the Ursuline nuns, in Trois-Rivieres, Mauricie, on the Chemin du Roi, Quebec, Canada. On the left is the Musee des Ursulines and the dome of the Chapelle des Ursulines. The Ursuline nuns arrived in Trois-Rivieres in 1697 to provide the town with a school and a hospital. The Chemin du Roy or King's Highway is a historic road along the Saint Lawrence river built 1731-37, connecting communities between Quebec City and Montreal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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