Tucked into the Pointe-au-Pere neighborhood of Rimouski, on Quebec’s Lower Saint Lawrence, Les Tresors du Corsaire fills more than 4,000 square feet with furniture, dishware, and collectibles pulled from Quebec’s own past. The shop sits near the Maritime Historic Site of Pointe-au-Pere, a fitting neighbor for a business built around heritage objects rather than mass-produced reproductions. Owner Roselle St-Laurent runs the operation with a stated passion for antique Quebec furniture and for smaller pieces that carry real character: vintage radios, old cameras, fine porcelain, sets of antique cutlery, keys, locks, and estate jewelry.
What sets this shop apart from a typical secondhand store is its dual role as both retailer and buyer. Beyond selling curated pieces on the floor, Les Tresors du Corsaire purchases antiques and full estate collections directly from Lower Saint Lawrence families, then offers appraisals to help sellers understand what heritage furniture and vintage objects are actually worth before parting with them. That buy-and-sell model means the inventory turns over with genuinely local material rather than pieces trucked in from elsewhere, so a visit in spring can look very different from one in fall.
The categories on offer reflect a broad but coherent point of view: solid wood Quebec furniture pieces refinished or left in original patina, glassware and dishware sets suited to a dining room hutch, and smaller display-case items like jewelry and locks that reward slow browsing. Shoppers looking to furnish a country home, fill out a collection, or simply find one striking object for a room will find the inventory organized around the idea the shop puts front and center: treasures from yesterday, chosen for the homes of today. It is a philosophy that favors curation over volume, so the selection tends toward pieces with visible age and story rather than generic secondhand goods.
Location matters here. Pointe-au-Pere draws visitors year-round for its lighthouse, its submarine, and its Empress of Ireland shipwreck history, and Les Tresors du Corsaire benefits from that same coastal, heritage-minded traffic along Boulevard Sainte-Anne. For residents of Rimouski and the surrounding Bas-Saint-Laurent region, it functions as a go-to source for filling gaps in a period-appropriate home, and for visitors passing through on a Gaspesie road trip, it offers a chance to bring home something with genuine regional provenance rather than a generic souvenir.
Anyone planning a visit is encouraged to call ahead at 514-464-0097, since posted operating hours can vary seasonally in a smaller coastal community like Rimouski, and confirming before making the trip out to Pointe-au-Pere saves a wasted stop. Sellers considering downsizing, settling an estate, or clearing out a family home’s worth of furniture can also use that same number to arrange an appraisal, whether the goal is an outright sale or simply an honest valuation of what has been sitting in storage for decades.
In short, Les Tresors du Corsaire is Rimouski’s Pointe-au-Pere destination for real Quebec heritage furniture, vintage collectibles, and estate purchases, run by an owner devoted to giving old regional pieces a next chapter in modern homes.
