Thursday, July 21, 2016

A trip to Cap-Egmont to see the Bottlehouses

Scenes from the road to Cap-Egmont
 




 
 
Edouard Arsenault, collected and cleaned Over 25 000 recycled bottles ingeniously cemented together to create the Bottle Houses.  However, this bottle at the entrance was built by his grandson after his death.
 

 
From 1980 to the spring of 1984, he cleverly cemented over 25,000 bottles of various shapes, sizes and colours, into three fantasy-like buildings. This building he labeled the chapel is constructed for approximately 10,000 bottles.
 
 
 
The pews were made using donated votive candle holders from local churches.
 
 
The Six-Gabled House is the first building Edouard built in 1980 using approximately 12,000 bottles.
 


At first Edouard went out into the community and collected discarded bottles, but as time went on, people began to bring him bottles. He became a recycler before his time.

 
This young man was hired to provide background music for a tour group. He was very good.
 
 
This third building is the tavern.

 
The gardens where in full bloom and were beautiful!
 
 
 
This is a replica of the Cap-Egmont Lighthouse. Edouard was the last resident keeper of the local lighthouse located two kilometers from this garden.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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