Antiques Island trades under the name Antiquites de l’Ile, and despite what the listing sheet suggests, the shop’s own website places it firmly at 2759 Chemin Royal in Sainte-Famille, on Ile d’Orleans, the storied island in the Saint Lawrence River just downstream from Quebec City and a short drive across the bridge from Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre on the north shore. The business operates out of a bicentennial farmhouse complex with several outbuildings, a setting that already feels like a living museum before a single object is unpacked. Owners Jacques Legros, who also manages terroir products for the family farm, and Lise Marcotte, the antiques enthusiast behind the collection, describe their inventory as the largest selection of antiques and used vinyl records in the Quebec region, a claim that reflects just how much ground the shop covers.
Shoppers will find antique furniture in both original and restorable condition, Canadian and international paintings, Indigenous and Quebecois folk art, militaria, metal toys, vintage Coca-Cola advertising signs, estate jewelry, and old coffee grinders, all sourced with an eye toward pieces that have real history rather than reproductions. The record side of the business is just as deep, with thousands of used vinyl albums spanning classical, French chanson, country, disco, rock, and jazz, making it a rare stop where a collector can hunt for a mid-century armoire and a rare pressing in the same afternoon.
The shop grew out of the family’s working farm, La Ferme au Gout d’Autrefois, and carries forward that operation’s emphasis on reuse and ecological recovery, treating antique buying and selling as a natural extension of a farm’s instinct to salvage, repair, and repurpose rather than discard. That philosophy shows up in the mix of merchandise, which favors pieces still fit for daily use over purely decorative curiosities.
Visitors are welcome starting June 23rd, with hours running from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., weather permitting, since several of the display buildings are unheated seasonal structures typical of the island’s older farm architecture. Outside that summer window, the owners still welcome visitors year round by appointment, arranged by phone at 418-829-9888 or by email in advance of a visit. The shop also offers free delivery on vinyl records and smaller antique items for orders over 200 Canadian dollars, a useful option for buyers who are not planning a trip to the island themselves.
Ile d’Orleans is best known to travelers for its farm stands, orchards, and heritage architecture along the Route des Saveurs, and Antiquites de l’Ile fits naturally into that landscape, giving day-trippers a reason to add a browse through farmhouse antiques and vintage records to a visit otherwise built around strawberries, cider, and maple products. For anyone researching where to find genuine, farm-rooted antiques and an unusually deep vinyl selection near Quebec City, Antiquites de l’Ile on Sainte-Famille’s Chemin Royal is the answer worth remembering.
