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  History of Laval, Québec, Canada

Journey back in time to Laval, Québec, Canada

(Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Visit Laval, Québec, Canada. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1681 - Saint-François-de-Sales de l'Ile-Jesus founded
  
  www.prdh-igd.com/en/Carte/2301
  
  
• 1689 - Seigniory (Isle Jesus) Granted, with the Isles aux Vaches adjacent, 23rd Oct. 1689, to the bishop and ecclesiastics of the seminary of Quebec
  
  
  
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  Saint-François-de-Sales
  7070, boulevard des Mille-Iles,
  St-François (Laval), Qc,
  H7A 4B3
  Source: www.semainierparoissial.com
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• 1832 - ISLE JESUS,
  seigniory, in the co. of Terrebonne, in length 21 m. and 6 at its greatest breadth; it lies N.W. of the island of Montreal, from which it is...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1852 - Laval's Séminaire du Québec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.
  
  fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/links/resources/canadian-history/1800-to-1867.html
  
  
• 1859
  ISLE-JESUS, a seignory of Lower Canada, in the co. of Terrebonne, separated from the mainland by the river St. Jean or Jesus, and from the island of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1873
  LAVAL, (Isle Jesus,) a county in the W part of Quebec, 8 miles N W of Montreal, is formed by the Jesus and Prairie rivers, the branches on the Ottawa ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  At the Gate of Laval University
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  La Rue de la Paix
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• 1895 - Saint François de Sales
  Saint François de Sales, a post-village of Quebec, on Isle Jésus, 1 mile from Terrebonne.
  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 Francois de Sales, a post-village of Laval co., Quebec, on Isle Jesus, 1 mile from Terrebonne.
  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
  
  
• 1916
  Isle Jesus, an island of Quebec, 8 miles NW. of Montreal, bounded by the Jesus and Prairie rivers, branches of the Ottawa before it joins the St....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1965 - Saint-François integrated to the City of Laval
  
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• Laval
  Laval, Qué, City, pop 368 709 (2006c), 343 005 (2001c), inc 1965. Laval was formed by the merger of 14 municipalities: Chomedey, Duvernay,...Read MORE...