When The Intendant Talon Formed His Baronie Des Islets [321] He Annexed To It Certain Lands Of The Fief De La Trinite, Amongst Others That Part On Which Now Stands The Remains Of The Old Chateau, Of Which He Seems To Have Been The Builder, But Which He Subsequently Sold.

Bigot having acquired it long after, enlarged and improved it very much.

He was a luxurious French gentleman, who, more than one hundred years ago, held the exalted post of Intendant or Administrator under the French Crown, in Canada. [322] In those days the forests which skirted the city were abundantly stocked with game: deer, of several varieties, bears, foxes, perhaps even that noble and lordly animal, now extinct in eastern Canada, the Canadian stag, or Wapiti, roamed in herds over the Laurentian chain of mountains, and were shot within a few miles of the Chateau St. Louis. This may have been one of the chief reasons why the French Lucullus erected the little chateau, which to this day bears his name - a resting place for himself and friends after the chase. The profound seclusion of the spot, combined with its beautiful scenery, would have rendered it attractive during the summer months, even without the sweet repose it had in store for a tired hunter. Tradition ascribes to it other purposes, and amusements less permissible than those of the chase. A tragical occurrence enshrines the old building with a tinge of mystery which the pen of the novelist has woven into a thrilling romance.

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