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April 2023 by Simon Portelance
I was part of the cherub choir in the year 2000 (I was 7 years old) directed by Mario Pierre Levesque and I sang Christmas songs there (example: the angels in our countryside) I give 4 out of 5, because it was a little hot
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February 2020 by Gaston Therrien
Beautiful church very beautiful inside
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February 2020 by Marie-Joëlle Gélinas
Very beautiful church
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February 2019 by Annie Lapierre
Beautiful church, part of the heritage, facing the sea, magnificent!
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February 2019 by Gérard Martineau
The Cap-Chat church is of heritage interest for its historical value as a witness to the development of the town. The establishment of a permanent population in the surrounding area probably dates back to 1812. A first place of worship was probably erected in 1825 to serve this emerging community. A second replaced it in 1858; the parish was officially established in 1864, under the name of Saint-Norbert. A new church was built ten years later on the current site. The institutional core of the locality takes shape around the place of worship. The ever-increasing population at the beginning of the 20th century required more spacious construction. It is in this context that the current church was built, from 1917 to 1919, just east of the previous one. It thus constitutes a privileged witness to the history of Cap-Chat and its development in the first decades of the 20th century.The Cap-Chat church is also of heritage interest for its architectural value. It testifies to the influence of the eclectic movement in religious architecture at the beginning of the 20th century. Eclecticism is an assembly of architectural and ornamental elements drawn from various historical styles and associated more freely, in a search for monumentality and new visual effects. The Quebec Catholic Church often uses it for the construction of its places of worship and other parish buildings, starting at the end of the 19th century. The church of Cap-Chat is linked to this trend in particular through the imposing volume of the semi-finished bell tower and the transepts. The use of various architectural elements, such as arched openings, rose windows and oculus, pediments, gables, pilasters and bands are also marks. The ornamentation concentrated mainly on the tower and its bell tower also reflects the search for monumentality. Furthermore, the church stands out from the majority of Gaspé places of worship, generally made of wood, by its masonry made of local granite blocks from the shore.The Cap-Chat church is also of heritage interest for its historical value based on its association with the architect Thomas Raymond (died in 1922). Raymond practiced in Quebec towards the end of the 19th century and notably designed several buildings in the Saint-Roch district. He is one of the founding members of the Association of Architects of the Province of Quebec. During the first two decades of the 20th century, he designed several churches in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions. The church of Cap-Chat constitutes one of the most completed works of this architect in the region.Source: City of Cap-Chat, 2008.
