Hidden gems
Hidden gems in Boucherville: unhurried places in a 1667 town
A heritage house, a church museum, a haunted wood and a golf course on an island.
The gems, one by one
The heritage house
the Maison dite Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine, 314 boul. Marie-Victorin -- the heritage house in the parc De La Broquerie, run with Ville exhibitions and guided visits by the Societe d'histoire des Iles-Percees (SHIP). It is a programmed Fete nationale site, with coureur-des-bois animation on June 24 It is at its best on a Fete nationale afternoon, when the coureur-des-bois animation fills the parc De La Broquerie around it.
The sacred-art museum
The Musee d'art sacre, opened in 2017 inside one of the oldest parish churches on the South Shore, is the Vieux-Boucherville's quiet room: the art of a parish founded in 1667, in the building that still serves it. The Rendez-vous champetres (Sunday, July 12, 2026, entree libre) is the summer day the old town opens itself widest.
The haunted wood and the corn roast
The Boise de l'Ocarina is a neighbourhood wood most of the year and the Sentier frissons familles on October 24, 2026 -- the Ville's Halloween trail with effects, sound and animation. And the market season ends the way a Quebec market should: the Epluchette de mais, the corn roast on the season's closing Thursday, September 17, 2026.
The golf course inside the park
A golf course on an island in the St. Lawrence, inside a national park, minutes from a 1667 main street: the Golf des Iles is the town's most improbable address. The Club de golf de Boucherville, 300 boul. de Mortagne, is the in-town club on the mainland side.
The gem discipline
Every place above sits in Boucherville and was verified there. The town's most famous name-trap is deliberately absent from the gems: the Hopital Pierre-Boucher is a fine hospital -- in Longueuil, where it belongs, and no amount of shared naming makes it a Boucherville sight.
Common questions
What is Boucherville's most overlooked sight?
The Musee d'art sacre inside the Eglise Sainte-Famille (opened 2017) and the Maison dite Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine in the parc De La Broquerie -- the heritage pair on boul. Marie-Victorin that most visitors walk past on their way to the islands.
What is the strangest address in Boucherville?
The Golf des Iles -- a golf course inside the Parc national des Iles-de-Boucherville, on the islands in the St. Lawrence. The park around it is a paid-entry Sepaq park, stated plainly on every page that names it.
More to explore in Boucherville
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