![Three women and several children posing in front of a large old house with cedar shingling.](https://www.expovillegiature.com/sites/default/files/images/maison-loue-shgrdl-f0055_267_allegee.jpg)
The Pierre-Abel Marquis house in Cacouna.
© Société d’histoire et de généalogie de Rivière-du-Loup, digital coll., F0055/267.
The Pierre-Abel Marquis house served as a hotel for many years.
Some houses were rented out to just one family, like a second home. The largest residences were sometimes rented by innkeepers who would then, in turn, rent out rooms to travellers.