Musée des Soeurs Grises

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  • Address
    138 rue St-Pierre, Vieux-Montréal
  • Phone
    842 9411
  • Transport
    underground rail: Square-Victoria

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Lonely Planet review

Dedicated to Saint Marguerite d'Youville, founder of the community of the Sisters of Charity, better known as the Grey Nuns, this museum has a small but wonderfully presented set of exhibits. There's regularly scheduled tours in French and English but you must call ahead for the schedule and availability.

The sisters set out by canoe and founded a mission in what was to become Manitoba in western Canada in 1850. Folk legend has it that they sold moonshine to the native Indians, getting them gris (grey), or tipsy.