History of Portneuf, Québec, Canada

Journey back in time to Portneuf, Québec, Canada

(Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf)

• 1647 - Barony (Portneuf) granted April 16, 1647 to Sieur de Croisille
  
  
  
• 1832 - PORTNEUF,
  barony, in the co. of Portneuf, is bounded N.E. by the S. of Jacques Cartier; S.W. by Deschambault; in the rear by Perthuis; in front by the St....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Église de Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
  322, rue Principale, Grenville, QUÉBEC
  Established 1839
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•  1850 - Canadian Cold
  The Quebec Gazette says that at Portneuf, Canada, on Tuesday, the 5th day of Feb. the thermometer went down to 52 degrees below zero, and that during ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859 - Portneuf
  PORTNEUF, a settlement of Canada, on the St. Lawrence, 20 m. SW of Quebec.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
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  Falls of the Portneuf River ( Quebec ) 1860
  Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-406 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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• 1861 - Église de Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs established at Portneuf
  
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• 1873
  PORTNEUF, a county of Quebec, on the N. shore of the St Lawrence, has an area of 4,643,899 acres. It is watered by the River St, Maurice and numerous ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1874 - Quebec, August 7. - The inhabitants of Portneuf have been greatly terrified recently by rumblings and earth heavings in that vicinity. Many have left their homes.
  
  Weekly Journal Miner
  Arizona
  August 14, 1874
  
  
• 1885 - Canadian Towns which are Infected
  The State Board of Health of Maine announces, that besides Montreal and its suburbs, the following named places in the Province of Quebec are...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Portneuf
  PORTNEUF, a county of Quebec, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, has an area of 1,068,800 acres. It is watered by the River St. Maurice and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Portneuf
  Portneuf, a post-village of Quebec, co, of Portneuf, at the entrance of the Portneuf River into the river St. Lawrence, 36 miles above Quebec. It has ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Portneuf, a post-village of Portneuf co., Quebec, at the entrance of the Portneuf River into the river St. Lawrence, 36 miles above Quebec It has...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Railway Bridge, 1926
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  Hotel Motel Claire Fontaine
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