DWELLINGS OF THE SIEURS D'ORVILLE, CHAMPLAIN AND CHANDORÉ Like the carpenters' dwellings, these residences consisted of four buildings attached to one another. All the façades were similar, consisting of a door in the centre with a window centred above it on the square. On Champlain's drawing, there are only three chimneys shown to heat the four buildings. It is possible that one of them did not have a fireplace, or that one was used to heat two buildings. Ornaments were placed on the tips of the roof gables. Another building, located in front of these, had a different type of architecture. Only the façade can be seen. The entrance door was located on the right side, and its top was semi-circular. This building, which seems to have been two stories high, had a large window in the centre of the lower storey and two small windows on either side on the square, and another window in the centre of the gable. Of the nobles who lived in these houses, Lescarbot and Champlain mention three. Samuel de Champlain is well known. The Sieur d'Orville seems to have been the village architect. Nothing more is known about this individual, not even his first name. As for Champdoré, he was Pierre Angibaut (also known as Champdoré), ship carpenter and captain, who was described by Champlain as a better carpenter than captain ! François Gravé had him arrested in 1606, but later released. It was Champdoré who, near Baie-Sainte-Marie, found Father Nicolas Aubry, who had gotten lost in the woods. In 1608, Champdoré travelled up the river St. John for a distance of 50 leagues. Return to previous page

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