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ing to the requirements of the main building, which it 

 adjoined. 



The vaulted roof of the hoary french structure, must 

 have re-echoed many musical strains, many joyous 

 accents, silenced for ever, in the period comprised 

 from 1787 and 1834, when the nearly unique desti- 

 nation of Haldimand Castle, was to receive within its 

 stately chambers, the rank and fashion of Quebec, 

 invited to the official entertainments given by the 

 Governors. 



We all know that the Castle St. Louis (the second 

 one erected by Frontenac, 1G94-98, and enlarged of one 

 story, 1809-12, was destroyed by fire on the 23rd 

 January, 1834. 



Their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Aylmer, with 

 their staff removed to Haldimand Castle. The " powder 

 Magazine," erected by M. de Denonville, outside of the 

 walls of Fort St. Louis, thus became close to the source 

 of honors occupied by the Governor ! 



A plan, bearing date 1853, exhibits the ground-floor 

 of Castle Haldimand, tenanted by the departments of 

 Public Works and Crown Lands of the United Pro- 

 vinces ; and the " powder Magazine," in the occupation of 

 the archives of the Provincial Secretary. This was its last 

 official stage. When in 1857, the Laval Normal school 

 was installed in the old Haldimand Castle, the Maga- 

 zine was converted into a kitchen : Sic transit gloria 

 mundi ! " 



