View from the veranda, looking east (c. 1910).
Private coll. (Caddell family).
W. J. LeMesurier and Emily Andrews LeMesurier were charmed by this solid Canadienne-style home, built in 1870. The main roof and some of the gables were covered with cedar shingles. In 1905, the owners added a veranda facing the river, giving them a spectacular view of the wharf and the islands off Kamouraska, as well as the mountains of Charlevoix on the far shore.
Emily Andrews LeMesurier called the house Sunnyside. Built on a hill, it benefitted from an ideal exposure to natural light all afternoon up until the sunset.
Today, a side road connecting the town’s main street to the river follows the line of the fence in the foreground of this photograph. This road is named Côte LeMesurier for a very good reason!