You stand on Place de l’église, gazing at the river and the Boucherville islands just across the way, and you think he must have had the same view back then. Who must have? None other than Pierre Boucher, founder of Boucherville in 1667 (like Boucher… and town). It was he who donated this land, on which three churches would be built in succession, in 1670, 1712 and this one, Sainte-Famille, dating from 1801.
Slowly turn around to admire the remarkable preservation of this stone heritage jewel, the former convent dating from 1890 and the old presbytery built in 1896, and you can let yourself be transported back in time and imagine yourself in the same place over two centuries ago.
Failing that, it’s easy to fall under the spell of the artists who perform on summer evenings as the sun sets!