Located in downtown Saint-Jérôme, the 0.6-km (0.37-mile) walk showcases the municipality’s history alongside an exceptional view of the Rivière du Nord.
Interpretive signs explain how the current courthouse replaced the 1895 Collège commercial de Saint-Jérôme, whose teaching staff included Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of the Montreal Botanical Garden.
The teaching establishment had replaced a first college, built in 1874 on Rue Labelle and destroyed by fire in 1891.
As for the imposing courthouse built in 1969, it replaced the old courthouse at Place du Curé-Labelle, which is now the Maison de la culture Claude-Henri-Grignon.