Drummondville is probably the prettiest town in Quebec south of the St. Lawrence and north of Sherbrooke. Yet, it’s so obscure that even the Reader’s Digest’s Canadian Book of the Road omits to mention the place. I’ve searched every page between Montreal and Quebec City and couldn’t find a single mention of the place outside of acknowledging its existence on a map.
City hall 
Musée National de la Photographie 
St. George’s Church 
Basilique Saint-Frédéric
The town’s proudest modern boast is the Musée National de la Photographie – the only one of its kind in the province. The Village Québécois d’Antan across the river is a mini recreation of 19th century Quebec. It would’ve been interesting if it wasn’t closed as soon as September.
The Anglican St. George’s Church and Basilique Saint-Frédéric are symbols of anglophone and francophone influences respectively, but the Anglican Church is much smaller, as is the anglophone population. Between the two churches sits a park named after the Basilica with a monument and gravesite of Maj. Gen. Frederick George Heriot.
Heriot’s grave 
Village Québécois d’Antan
Heriot was born on Jersey Island in the middle of the English Channel. He founded Drummondville for the defence of Canada during the War of 1812 as a place for British troops to rest. He died in the town that he founded in 1843, just two days shy of new year’s day.
Park Woodyatt is the main waterfront park on the downtown side of the St. François river with a view of the stony river.
