The Manor House of Lacolle A description and historical sketch of the Manoir of the Seigniory of de Beaujeu of Lacolle

Set on a gently rising knoll near the New York border, the manor’s white gate opens onto a sweeping lawn framed by ancient trees and a hundred‑acre wooded park. The house itself blends sturdy timber walls with a stone gabled wing, its verandah supported by six fluted Ionic columns and a massive oak door crowned by a brass knocker. Inside, polished hardwoods, broad fireplaces and colonial mantels convey the dignified taste of its early nineteenth‑century builders, while vines wind the exterior, hinting at the quiet elegance of life on the frontier.

Beyond the architecture, the work follows the fortunes of the family that established the estate, tracing the inheritance of a Loyalist fortune, a contentious marriage, and the legal battles that reshaped ownership. The narrative weaves together personal drama, early Canadian agricultural ambition, and the broader sweep of border‑region history, offering listeners a vivid portrait of a remarkable house and the people who fought to make it theirs.