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Le clocher du couvent des sœurs de Ste-Marie de Vankleek Hill a trouvé un nouveau domicile. En effet, le clocher a fait le court voyage entre Vankleek Hill et L’Orignal le jeudi 5 octobre dernier. Le démantèlement du clocher constituait l’une des premières étapes des travaux de démolition de l’ancien couvent, érigé en 1896. Ci-dessus, le clocher arrive à son nouveau domicile temporaire, soit la pelouse du site de l’ancienne église presbytérienne de St. Andrews à L’Orignal.

With the aid of a crane, members of the lift crew “walk” the old convent bell tower cupola towards a pile of pallet beams on the St. Andrews Presbyterian lawn and settle it down into place.

GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca

The first stage is finished for the eventual demolition of the former Sisters of Ste-Marie Convent in Vankleek Hill. The building’s “bell tower” was removed during the first week of October and the cu- pola and “widow’s walk” ornamental roof cap trucked over to the Village of L’Orignal on Oct. 5 and settled down on the lawn of the former St-Andrews Presbyterian Church located on King Street next door to the Canada Post office. Claude Brabant, a local businessman spe- cializing in building restoration works, took possession of the “bell tower” along with other pieces and materials from the old convent building. He plans to give the cupola and roof cap a new lease on life as an ornamental gazebo after his company finishes with the renovation and restoration work. G. Dupont General Contractor, the firm which purchased the land which served as the convent site plans to redevelop the property for condominiums. All religious items which once were part of the convent’s furnishings were removed from the building long before it was sold and plans for demolition set in motion. The 136-year-old building was never reg- istered as a heritage property. The Vankleek Hill Historical Society is doing a final photo- graphic record of the convent before its final demolition.

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A last consultation takes place before everyone is satisfied that both the bell tower cupola and the roof cap are settled and secure.

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