For sale: one 19th century Quebec village, slightly fake, $2.8M

Cory Doctorow 6:45 am Sun Jan 8, 2017

Canadiana Village is an hour north of Montreal and sports 45 buildings that are intended to recreate rural Quebec life in the 19th century (though only one is habitable); and once served as a destination for school groups and film-crews. Now it's for sale for CAD$2.8M.

The village is designed to resemble a pioneer settlement from the 19th century, and includes a church, a general store, a mill, a cemetery, a saloon and 22 houses.

Entire 19th-century Quebec village up for sale
[CBC]

(via Marginal Revolution)

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