Powder magazine at Poste-de-Traite-de-la-Métabetchouane

The powder magazine of Poste-de-Traite-de-la-Métabetchouane is an outbuilding built between 1760 and 1788 located in Desbiens in Quebec (Canada).

The powder magazine at Poste-de-Traite-de-la-Métabetchouane is located near an important meeting site for Amerindians which has been frequented for nearly 6,000 years (190,000 Ms).

The Métabetchouane trading post was established by the governor Jean de Lauson in 1652.

It was located in domaine du roy, that is to say that it was part of a vast territory not conceded to colonization, the profits from which they exploited returned in principle to the king.

[1] The powder magazine was classified as heritage building on 1967-01-19 by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.