DUTHIE POINT
A place for adventure and exploration - or complete relaxation.
Authentic encounters with the unique landscape and culture of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Enjoy a heritage experience in period buildings that can be rented by the day or the week during the summer*.
Explore the extensive forest trails on an eighty-two-acre site with 18 buildings, a former airstrip and pebble beach at the mouth of the Grande-Cascapedia River.
Enjoy displays and exhibitions of objects chosen from the site's collections - ranging from farm machinery and home furnishings to handmade household utensils.
Follow our yearly programme of cultural events highlighting the intercultural exchanges.
Discover the stories and historical importance of the site – Duthie Point having been originally occupied by the Mi’gmaq before being taken over by the Acadians, and subsequently the Scottish, Loyalist, English and Irish settlers.
*Duthie Point now offers some of its best-preserved buildings for summer tourist rentals: they range from the comfortable bourgeois Harvey house and the Willett five-bedroom fishing lodge to the more rustic Brown, Campbell and Ozzie Willett houses. For the adventurous there is also the chance of sleeping in the lighthouse.
Interior of the Harvey house.
NESUE'G
The original Mi’gmaq name for the point is Nesue’g: which suggests the coming together of three to form a triangle.
The triangle formed by the Point has come to symbolise our mission
to bridge between the three groups that have passed through it
the Mi’gmaq and the French and English speaking settlers.
This is the heart for our new programming.
Portrait of a Mi'qmaq by Marius Barbeau 1914, MCH-CMH 26707INFORMATION
Site open all year - for walkers, snow shoers and cross country skiers - depending on the season.
House rentals - May to October.
Animation and exhibitions - July to September.
Annual membership cards:
Adult - $35
Couple - $50
Senior - $30
Senior couple - $40
Free for 18 yrs and under
Contact information:
pointeduthie@gmail.com
351 Boulevard Perron West, New Richmond (QC)
581 886 1489
LAUNCH OF THE "CF BDC RR" MODEL TRAIN PROJECT
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Accomodation 2022
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Willett House
From its amazing location, this house offers glorious views and is only minutes away from the beach and forest.
Its five bedrooms can accommodate up to ten people.
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Harvey House
A comfortable “urban” house built in New Richmond in the 1890s offers three bedrooms for up to six people.
Virtual tour >>
It is well insulated and heated (electric).
Beautifully located at the entrance of the site, a quick stroll through the forest leads guests to the beach. -
Camping - Lighthouse
Built in 1903, it functioned as a warning to sailors until 1914.
The lighthouse offers no-frills, rudimentary accommodation for three in a superbly romantic location.
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The surrounding grounds can accommodate campers with tents.
Installation 2022
Fences and walls - exclusion and inclusion.
Installation of a large format "material poem" in situ :
"Sitting on the fence"
A social sculpture by Philippe Garon and Leonard Jordaan with Patrick Dugas.
