Stanstead’s places to visit, starting with Colby Curtis Museum
Of the 5 places to visit in and around Stanstead, 3 are museums or galleries. Every one of them is in Stanstead itself. Close to the centre, within 1 km, are 2 of them. The big name further out is Saint Benedict Abbey, 22 km from the centre.
Start with these in Stanstead
The rest of the best known are a museum, an attraction and a water park.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
The farthest of them, Jeux d'eau, is 3.2 km out.
The dashed line is Stanstead’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What they are
Green: inside Stanstead. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
The 5 inside Stanstead come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Stanstead → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Stanstead →
Worth the drive
Abbey or priorySaint Benedict Abbey22 km northwest
Ski hillMount Sutton38 km west
MuseumLouis S. St. Laurent35 km northeastNational parkNational park · SépaqMont-Orford National Park38 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Stanstead (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada or Sépaq property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Know before you go to Stanstead
Does Stanstead have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Stanstead include Le Vieux Forgeron.
Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Stanstead?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Mont-Orford National Park (Sépaq), 38 km northwest.
What are the best-known days out near Stanstead?
Further out, up to 40 km: Mount Sutton (38 km), Louis S. St. Laurent (35 km).
How is this list made?
The list joins OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, one entry per site: museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Forts, houses and churches need something that shows they welcome visitors, and hotels, restaurants and tours are never included. What lies inside the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of it, is listed.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Saint Benedict Abbey: Jean-Philippe Boulet, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Sutton: MontSutton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis S. St. Laurent: Mario Hains, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).