Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1872

The nearest station of the Grand Trunk is within nine miles, and the city of Montreal but 16 miles distant, the two places being connected by a macadamized road, over a perfectly level country. A continuation of this village, known as Chambly Canton, is beautifully situated on the Richelieu Rapids. The entire village contains a population of about 1400 souls, and is surrounded by the oldest and most thickly peopled sections of Canada.

"There are now in existence at this place extensive saw, grist, carding and woolen mills, with a large foundry. Here is also a large hospital belonging to the Ladies of the Grey Nunnery in Montreal, well adapted for the reception of the poor and rich, and a college with an extensive library. Telegraph and Post Offices also exist. The extensive ruins of an ancient French fort in the village connect it with the past, while Rougemont, Beloeil, Rouville and other conically shaped mountains, rising at different points in the surrounding level country, like giant sentinels, give diversity to the scenery..."

Date: October 16, 1872
Location: Vermont
Paper: St. Albans Daily Messenger



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