Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours

The Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is one of the oldest churches in Montreal. It was built in 1771 in the district of Old Montreal, near the Old Port.

I couldn’t visit it this time but the chapel also houses the Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum: Entrance gives access to an observatory at the top of the tower of the church, with a great view on the port.

In the 19th century, the chapel came to be a pilgrimage site for the sailors who arrived in the Old Port of Montreal. They would make offerings to the Virgin in gratitude for her help for safe sea voyages.

Above, the chapel seen from the Old Port.