Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1832 - CHAMBLY, EAST, and CHAMBLY, WEST,

in the cos. of Rouville and Chambly, divided from each other by the R. Richelieu. - The extent of each seigniory is 3 leagues in length by one league in depth; and both were included in one grant to M. de Chambly, Oct. 29 1672...

Chambly Village, built on one of the most beautiful spots in Lower Canada, is in West Chambly and on the bank of the Richelieu, not far from the fort: it contains 90 or 100 houses, chiefly built of wood, forming one principal street; many of the houses are elegantly built and shaded by lofty poplars. At the S. end of the village are some large and valuable mills close to the rapid of Chambly, and near the mills stands a good manor-house. This place is a great thoroughfare, as the main road from Montreal to the American states passes through it, which, with the continual resort to the mills, occasions a good deal of activity among the traders and mechanics, and contributes very much to its cheerfulness as a place of residence; among the inhabitants are reckoned many of the most respectable families of the district, invited hither by its agreeable situation. The landscape of the surrounding country is rich and well diversified, affording several very beautiful points of view; and there are many spots whence they may be seen to great advantage. The regular and venerable fort, the mills, the little elegant church of St. Joseph, houses dispersed among well cultivated fields, the various woodland scenery near and remote, the distant point Olivier with its village and beautiful church, the more distant mountain of Chambly or Rouville, the continual change of objects on the basin and river, with the singular appearance of unwieldy rafts descending the rapid with incredible velocity, will amplify the spectator's admiration...

Statistics of the Parish of Chambly
Population 4210
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Corn-mills 4
Carding-mills 1
Fulling-mills 1
Saw-mills 1
Founderies 1
Taverns 3
Artisans 25

A Topographical Dictionary of The Province of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., London, 1832

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