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  History of Berthierville, Québec, Canada

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(Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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• 1637 - The Autray Seigneury was conceded to Jean Bourdon, an engineer of the King of France, in 1637. (Berthierville)
  
  ULYSSES TRAVEL GUIDE QUEBEC by Francois Remillard, Hunter Publishing, Inc, 2003
  
  
• 1672 - The Berthier Seigneury was conceded to Sieur de Berthier in 1672.
  
  ULYSSES TRAVEL GUIDE QUEBEC by Francois Remillard, Hunter Publishing, Inc, 2003
  
  
• 1727 - Berthierville parish opened
  
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• 1751 - Église de Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier established at Berthierville
  
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  Eglise Ste Geneviève de Berthierville
  Built in 1787.
  www.migrations.fr/ eglisesdenosancetres.htm
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• 1832 - The village of Berthier
  is pleasantly situated on the N. side of the Chenail du Nord, and forms one principal street, consisting of 125 houses placed, sometimes at long intervals, on the side of the main road to Quebec: many of them are extremely well-built and handsome. There are, exclusive of dwellings, a great many...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  BERTHIER, a county of Lower Canada, in the district of Montreal; bounded on the NE by the co. of St. Maurice; on the E and SE by the St Lawrence; on the SW by the co. of Lachenaie; and on the NW by the northern boundary of the prov. It is 240 m. in length, and 24 m. broad. Area 5,760 sq. m. Pop. in ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1873
  BERHIER, a county in the western part of the Province of Quebec, bordering on the St. Lawrence, has an area of 1,501,412 acres. It is drained by the L'Assomption river, and several smaller streams. Lake Maskingonge, in the N.E. part of the county, is about 4 miles long and 3 miles wide, and is the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
  ...A land-slide occurred near Berthier-en-Haut, Que., on the 7th, and what was a high bank along the river disappeared, leaving in its place an enormous cavity some five or six acres in extent. Several cows and horses were killed and many barns were smashed to pieces.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  January 12, 1889
  
  
• 1889 - WONDERFUL STRENGTH. Remarkable Muscular Feats of Men of Ancient and Modern Times.
  ...At Berthierville Canada, Oct 1, 1888, Louis Cyr crept under some trestles upon which 3,536 pounds of pig iron rested upon heavy timbers and succeeded in raising that enormous weight more than two inches from its resting place upon the trestles.
  Decatur Weekly Republican
  Decatur, Illinois
  October 3, 1889
  
  
• 1890 - Berthler-en-Haut
  Berthler-en-Haut, river-port, Quebec, chef-lieu of Berthier co., and on the N. bank of St Lawrence R.. 45 m. by rail NE. of Montreal. P. 2,156.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
  
• 1891 - THE WIDE DOMINION.
  ...A company with capital of $100,000, has been organized at Berthier, Que., to erect a whisky distillery, and to work the same.
  Vancouver Daily World
  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  December 2, 1891
  
  
• 1895 - Berthier
  BERTHIER, a county in the western part of the Province of Quebec, bordering on the St. Lawrence, has an area of 2,006,490 acres. It is drained by the Bayonne River and several smaller streams. Lake Maskinonge, in the N.E. part of the county, is about 4 miles long and 3 miles wide, and is the source ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Berthier-en-Haut
  "Berthier-en-Haut, bèate-à-BN'-hö, a river-port of Quebec, the chief town of Berthier co, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, 45 miles N.E. of Montreal. It has 2 churches, a bank, a college, an academy, a convent, a whiskey distillery, foundry, steam saw-mill, &c. Pop. about 1500."
  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
  
  
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  Hotel de Manoir, Berthierville, Quebec
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  Riverside, Berthier
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• 1916
  Berthierville, Berthier, or Berthier-en-Haut, a banking river-port of Quebec, the chief town of Berthier co., on the N. shore of the St. Lawrence and on the Canadian Pacific R., 45 miles NE. of Montreal. It has a bank, various collegiate institutions, and grain- and lumber-industries. Pop. in 1901, ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Le Parc, Berthierville, Quebec
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  Chateau Robert, Berthier (En Haut) Que.
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  Ecole des Garcons, Berthierville
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  Rue de Frontenac, Berthierville
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  Boulevard Lafayette, Berthierville
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