Canada
Historic Sites & Landmarks in Canada
- Peggy's Point Lighthouse Nova Scotia, Canada 1915
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L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1955
This great basilica with a giant copper dome was built in honor of St. Joseph, the patron saint of Canada.
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Shrine
Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, Quebec, Canada
1926
This is a very grand basilica and popular Catholic shrine to St. Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary.
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Cathedral of the Queen of the World
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1875-94
Built in the late 19th century in honor of the Virgin Mary, this cathedral is a scaled-down homage to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
Canada
1773
Originally found in 1678, the Chapelle-Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours is known as the Sailors' Church because of the special attachment fishermen and other mariners have to the church.
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La Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1824
The Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal is a magnificent Neo-Gothic church designed in 1824 by James O'Donnell. Inside it is illuminated with bright blue, the Virgin's color.