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  History of Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Journey back in time to Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

(Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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

     

• 1681 - The missions Baie St. Paul & St. Ours de la Province de Quebec is established this year.
  
  www.telusplanet.net/ public/ dgarneau/ french22.htm
  
  
• 1714 - Église de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul at Baie-Saint-Paul
  
  www.gcatholic.org
  
  
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  Église de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, est. 1714
  1, pl. de l’Église, Baie-Saint-Paul, QUÉBEC
  Source: Google maps
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• 1791 - December 6 - Earthquake
  Charlevoix-Kamouraska region, QC. Widely felt. Some damage at
  Baie-Saint-Paul and Les Éboulements.
  
  catalystforscience.ca/ pdf/ 10/ ESS/ NRCEarthquakes/ Timeline_Earthquakes_list.pdf
  
  
• 1832 - The Parish of Baie de St Paul, Cote de Beaupre,
  by a decree of the 3rd of March, 1722, which confirms the regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, includes the S. of du Gouffre, 3 l. on the St. Lawrence S.W....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  St. Paul's Bay, St. Lawrence River (1841)
  Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-47-42
  www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
  
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•  1858 - The Dead Alive.
  A few days ago, a respectable man in the employment of one of the largest mercantile houses in Quebec, took passage in a schooner for Baie St. Paul,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1870 - The Canada papers continue to report damages by the recent earthquake.
  At Baie St. Paul seventeen houses were much damaged. At Les Eboulements the church and ten houses were injured and two children killed.
  Kansas Weekly Commonwealth
  Topeka, Kansas
  November 10, 1870
  
  
• 1873
  BAY ST. PAUL, Charlevoix co., Que. See St. Paul's Bay.
  
  ST. PAUL'S BAY, an outport of Quebec, capital of the co. of Charlevoix, on the N. shore of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1879 - Small-pox is reported to have broken out at Baie St. Paul and Eboulements, in Charlevoix County, where frightful ravages were caused by it some years back.
  
  Chicago Daily Tribune
  Chicago, Illinois
  January 26, 1879
  
  
• 1890 - St Paul's Bay
  St Paul's Bay, river port and tn., Quebec, chef-lieu of co. Charlevoix, on R. St Lawrence. 60 m. below Que. P. 3,974
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
  
•  1894 - Landslide and Flood
  MONTREAL, June 6. - A special from Baie St. Paul, Quebec, says: "The landslide and flood that has done so much damage to the surrounding country...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1894 - Mail Carrier Drowned
  BAIE ST. PAUL, Que., Nov. 1. - Jacob Bouchard, mail carrier for the Saguenac steamers, fell from a pier last night and was drowned.
  The Winnipeg Tribune
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  November 1, 1894
  
  
• 1895 - Saint Paul's Bay
  Saint Paul's Bay, an outport of Quebec, Capital of the co, of Charlevoix, on the N. shore of the St. Lawrence, 60 miles below Quebec. It has county...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1896 - Earthquake
  A strong shock of earthquake was felt at Baie St. Paul, Que.
  
  Fayette County Leader
  Fayette, Iowa
  September 24, 1896
  
  
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  Statue dedicated to founders of Baie St Paul, Quebec
  
  Pierre Tremblay, one of original founders
  
• 1914 - Severe Earthquake is Felt in Canada
  Quebec, Feb. 14. - An earthquake shock was felt all over the city and district of Quebec at 5:40 a. m., to-day. The shock was violent enough to wake...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1916
  Baie St. Paul, a post-village of Charlevoix co., Quebec, Canada, 39 miles from Sainte Anne de Baupre. Pop. in 1901, 1408. Its banking point is Quebec.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
  
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  Hopital Ste. Anne
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  La Batture
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  Le Presbytere
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