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

Journey back in time to Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

• 1624 - January 3, 1624 - Founding of New France's First seigneuries at Cap Tourmente and Ile-d'Orleans.
  
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• 1648 - Huron country destroyed, Hurons relocated to ile D'Orleans
  
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• 1673 - Construction on the first church in Saint-Pierre, built in half-timber and covered in shingles, began in 1673 and finished in 1676.
  
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• 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).
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  1689 map
  l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
  by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
  Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976
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  1689 map
  St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec
  by ROBERT DE VILLENEUVE
  Québec : Société de généalogie de Québec, 1976
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  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
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• 1717 - The church (at St-Pierre) was replaced by a stone building in 1717
  
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  Eglise de Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, built 1717
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  Interior of church - built 1717
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• 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.
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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• 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.
  
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