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Hovey Manor Hovey Manor, or Manoir Hovey /ˈhʌvi/ (in French) is a five-star, 37-bedroom, luxury hotel in North Hatley, Quebec, Canada. LocationThe 37-bedroom hotel's grounds cover 35 acres and has a view of Lake Massawippi.[1] HistoryThe hotel was initially built as a summer home for Henry Atkinson, the owner of Georgia Power, in 1900.[1] It was converted into a hotel in the 1950s, branded as The Birches, before being renamed Hovey Manor, named after local settler Colonel Ebenezer Hovey.[1] Stephen and Katryn Stafford bought the hotel in 1979, employing the son Jason to manage it in 2000.[1] The hotel is part of the Relais & Châteaux luxury hotel association.[2] Notable guests include Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton who visited in 2017 and 2021; also Jacques Chirac and Bernadette Chirac who visited in 2003.[3][4] In 2007, the hotel was named one of Canada's top ten hotels in Condé Nast Traveler's Gold List – the only rural property in Eastern Canada to have received the award.[5] In 2014, it is ranked first among the Best Hotels in Eastern Canada in the Condé Nast Traveler: Readers' Choice Awards.[6] In 2016, it was voted Canada's top hotel by both the readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine, and by Travel & Leisure magazine.[1] Both magazines also stated that the hotel was amongst the fifty best hotels in the world.[1] References
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