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

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

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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...Read MORE...
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
Artwork
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...Read MORE...
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...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...Read MORE...
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...Read MORE...
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...Read MORE...