The Chateau St. Louis (, ) in

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was the

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of the

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and later the

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, the Governor-General of British North America, and the

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. The site was designated a

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in 2002.

First chateau

The first chateau was built under the direction of Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny in 1648 but by the 1680s it was in a state of disrepair.Former official residences of the Lieutenant Governor of Québec
. Lieutenant-gouverneur.qc.ca. Retrieved on July 12, 2013.

Second chateau

Construction of a replacement on the same site began in 1694 under Governor General

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. Frontenac died there in 1698. A new pavilion and two new wings were added from 1719 to 1723 by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry. The building was then severely damaged during the Siege of Quebec in 1759, after which time it passed into British hands. The house was gradually rebuilt in sections over the next forty years. In the meantime the governors split their time between the St. Louis and a new building, called the New Chateau or Chateau Haldimand after governor Haldimand. The St. Louis was destroyed by fire in January 1834. Afterward it was replaced by a series of terraces. The site of the New Chateau is now occupied by the Chateau Frontenac hotel, which is named after Governor Frontenac. During the 1830s the governor and his family also used a

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in Sorel and the Chateau de Ramezay in

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Today

Between 2005 and 2007, a series of digs under the Dufferin Terrasse revealed over 500,000 artifacts and ruins of the forts and château. In 2008, for Quebec city 400th anniversary, the remains of Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux were opened as a Historic Site to the public under the management of

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