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Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec

Jacques CARTIER called it Île de Bacchus in 1535 because of the vines growing there, and rebaptized it Île d'Orléans in 1536 to honour the duc d'Orléans. In 1636 the island was granted to 8 associates by the Compagnie de la Nouvelle France. It became Île Sainte-Marie during the HURON settlement of 1650-57. These first farmers, installed on land belonging to Éléonore de Grandmaison at the far upstream end, were massacred in 1656 by the IROQUOIS. Land clearing began again in 1660.

...The parishes of Saint-Pierre, Saint-François and Saint-Jean were founded in 1679...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

people who take the Île d'Orléans bridge to get to the island, located opposite Quebec City. The name of the parish celebrates the apostle Saint Peter, martyred under Nero in 64 AD.

The river with the curious name of Pot-au-Beurre crosses the territory of the municipality, as well as the Moulin and Maheu rivers.

Economically, the Saint-Pierrais are known in Quebec for their cheese with a very delicate taste. In addition, there are maple groves and orchards. Ice cider, terrines and confits, apple butter, blackcurrant liqueur and other local products are exported.
grandquebec.com



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  • 1624 - January 3, 1624 - Founding of New France's First seigneuries at Cap Tourmente and Ile-d'Orleans.

    canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ January_3

  • 1648 - Huron country destroyed, Hurons relocated to ile D'Orleans

    www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ province/ pqztimeln.htm

  • 1673 - Construction on the first church in Saint-Pierre, built in half-timber and covered in shingles, began in 1673 and finished in 1676.

    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/

  • 1679 - The parish of Saint-Pierre was officially founded in 1679.
    On April 6, 1676, Île d’Orléans became a county divided into four burgs: Saint-Pierre, Saint-Jean, Sainte-Famille and Saint-Paul (renamed Saint-Laurent in 1698).
    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/

  • Saint-Pierre-de-l
    1689 map
    l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
    by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
    Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976
    Artwork
  • Saint-Pierre-de-l
    1689 map
    St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
    by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
    Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976
    Artwork
  • Saint-Pierre-de-l
    1689 map
    Parish of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
    by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
    Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976
    Artwork
  • 1717 - The church (at St-Pierre) was replaced by a stone building in 1717

    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/

  • Saint-Pierre-de-l
    Eglise de Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, built 1717
    Wikipedia
    Photograph
  • Saint-Pierre-de-l
    Interior of church - built 1717
    findagrave.com
    Photograph
  • 1759 - In the summer of 1759, Île d’Orléans was evacuated prior to the arrival of the Royal Navy and the English troops under the command of General Wolfe.
    He established a military camp on the island to keep watch on Quebec City and the channels of the St. Lawrence River. The buildings on the island were nearly all razed after Wolfe’s defeat on July 31 at L’Ange-Gardien. Only a few homes were spared.
    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/

  • 1832 - The Parish of St. Pierre and St. Paul,
    by a regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by an Order in Council, Mar. 3, 1722, is 2 1/ 2 leagues along the North Channel, from the river Pot du Beurre to the S.W. extremity of the island, including all lands within those limits as described in the contracts of concession; but should any of the...Read MORE...


  • 1870 - The village of Sainte-Pétronille-de-Beaulieu was created in 1870 on land ceded from the village of Saint-Pierre.

    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/

  • 1873
    ST. PIERRE D'ORLEANS, a post village and parish in Montmorency co., Que., on the Island of Orleans, in the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Quebec. It contains a flouring mill, a saw and carding mill, and 3 stores. Pop 1,109
    Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873

  • 1895 - Saint Pierre d’Orléans
    Saint Pierre d’Orléans, a post-village in Montmorency co, Quebec, on the island of Orléans in the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Quebec. It has a flouring-mill, a saw- and carding-mill, and 3 stores.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

  • 1906
    Saint Pierre d'Orleans, a post-village of Montmorency co., Quebec on the island of Orleans, in the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Quebec, its banking point. It manufactures butter and cheese.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

  • In 1935, the Île-de-Saint-Orléans bridge was built. After this event of paramount importance for the residents, the locality develops rapidly.Residential projects are springing up there, and many citizens of the provincial capital are settling there.

    grandquebec.com

  • The current name, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, was given to the locality in 1997 to distinguish it from homonymous municipalities in Quebec.

    grandquebec.com



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Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Pinterest
1689 map
l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976

Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Artwork
Pinterest
1689 map
St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976

Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Artwork
Pinterest
1689 map
Parish of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976

Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Photograph
Pinterest
Eglise de Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, built 1717
Wikipedia

Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Photograph
Pinterest
Interior of church - built 1717
findagrave.com

History, News and Stories of Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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  • 1624 - January 3, 1624 - Founding of New France's First seigneuries at Cap Tourmente and Ile-d'Orleans.

    canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ January_3
  • 1648 - Huron country destroyed, Hurons relocated to ile D'Orleans

    www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ province/ pqztimeln.htm
  • 1673 - Construction on the first church in Saint-Pierre, built in half-timber and covered in shingles, began in 1673 and finished in 1676.

    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/
  • 1679 - The parish of Saint-Pierre was officially founded in 1679.
    On April 6, 1676, Île d’Orléans became a county divided into four burgs: Saint-Pierre, Saint-Jean, Sainte-Famille and Saint-Paul (renamed Saint-Laurent in 1698).
    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/
  • 1717 - The church (at St-Pierre) was replaced by a stone building in 1717

    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/
  • 1759 - In the summer of 1759, Île d’Orléans was evacuated prior to the arrival of the Royal Navy and the English troops under the command of General Wolfe.
    He established a military camp on the island to keep watch on Quebec City and the channels of the St. Lawrence River. The buildings on the island were nearly all razed after Wolfe’s defeat on July 31 at L’Ange-Gardien. Only a few homes were spared.
    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/
  • 1832 - The Parish of St. Pierre and St. Paul,
    by a regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by an Order in Council, Mar. 3, 1722, is 2 1/ 2 leagues along the North Channel, from the river Pot du Beurre to the S.W. extremity of the island, including all lands within those limits as described in the contracts of concession; but should any of the... Read MORE...

  • 1870 - The village of Sainte-Pétronille-de-Beaulieu was created in 1870 on land ceded from the village of Saint-Pierre.

    tourisme.iledorleans.com/ en/ ile-d-orleans/ history-of-ile-d-orleans/
  • 1873
    ST. PIERRE D'ORLEANS, a post village and parish in Montmorency co., Que., on the Island of Orleans, in the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Quebec. It contains a flouring mill, a saw and carding mill, and 3 stores. Pop 1,109
    Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  • 1895 - Saint Pierre d’Orléans
    Saint Pierre d’Orléans, a post-village in Montmorency co, Quebec, on the island of Orléans in the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Quebec. It has a flouring-mill, a saw- and carding-mill, and 3 stores.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  • 1906
    Saint Pierre d'Orleans, a post-village of Montmorency co., Quebec on the island of Orleans, in the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Quebec, its banking point. It manufactures butter and cheese.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  • In 1935, the Île-de-Saint-Orléans bridge was built. After this event of paramount importance for the residents, the locality develops rapidly.Residential projects are springing up there, and many citizens of the provincial capital are settling there.

    grandquebec.com
  • The current name, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, was given to the locality in 1997 to distinguish it from homonymous municipalities in Quebec.

    grandquebec.com

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