Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)
1832 - NEUVILLE, or POINTE AUX TREMBLES,

seigniory, in the co of Portneuf, is bounded in front by the St. Lawrence, S.W. by Bleair and its augmentation, N.E. by Desmaure and Fausembault; in the rear by Bourglouis. - 2 3/ 4 leagues in front by 4 leagues in depth. Granted Dec. 16, 1653, to Jean Bourdon, and is now the property of the Rev. Mr. Descheneaux, Grand Vicar. - This seigniory is of greatest value. The lands are all conceded, and many were granted previous to 1759, and those granted since are held on the same terms. Above two-thirds of the S. are under cultivation and very productive. The surface, as is the case most invariably within several leagues of Quebec, is very uneven, rising from the St. Lawrence in a series of irregular ridges to the elevated banks of the Jacques Cartier: beyond which is mountainous and abrupt... The timber is, generally very good... building materials are very easy to be obtained, there being good building stone in the vicinity, also a corn and saw mill about 3 miles from the concessions St. Jean and Ste. Marie, and about 4 miles from that of St. Charles...

The Village of Pointe aux Trembles is exceedingly well seated on a projecting point of the same name, rising but a few yards above the level of the St. Lawrence... The village contains thirty-seven houses, a neat church, 100 ft. by 50, a chapel, a patronage house, and what is called a convent, where from 40 to 50 scholars are instructed; also a French school, supported by the inhabitants. Many of the houses are of stone, and their inhabitants are industrious and wealthy, which is also the case with most of the habitans of this seigniory...

Population 1,521
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Convents 1
Schools 1
Village 1
Corn-mills 1
Saw-mills 1
Notaries 3
Shopkeepers 3
Taverns 7
Artisans 22

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

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