Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1832 - ST. DENIS,

seigniory, in the co. of Richelieu, is bounded N.E. by the aug. to St. Ours; S.W. by St. Charles and Cournoyer; in the rear by St. Hyacinthe; in front by Contrecoeur. - It is 2 leagues in breadth and depth, and it includes the isles and islets in the R. Richelieu as far as the S. extends up that river. Granted Sept. 20, 1694, to Louis de Ganne, Sieur de Falaise. It now belongs to Madame Fleury Deschambault. The lands are fertile and the whole of the S. is conceded and peopled. There are 5 ranges of concessions, containing 250 farms, all under cultivation. Flax is raised generally and the soil is in many place fit for hemp. The lands form many leagues in this neighborhood are considered the most productive in the district of Montreal. The sterile lands in this S. have been left covered with standing wood, and the parts that have been cleared have been abandoned. Timber has been reserved on good lands, but not in sufficient quantities, which has obliged many to procure lands in the adjoining parishes of La Presentation, St. Ours, &c. which they keep covered with standing wood. All the lands are conceded en roture. The two ranges of concessions nearest the river are granted prior to 1759, at 6 livres and 1 sol quit rent for each 90 arpents; the rents of the concessions subsequently granted are from 15 to 20 livres. It is said that none of the proprietors ever saw their contracts of concession...

Population 3,100
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Convents 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 9
Tanneries 2
Hat manufact. 1
Potteries 12
Potasheries 1
Pearlasheries 1
Just. of Peace 2
Medical men 1
Notaries 1
Shopkeepers 9
Taverns 2
Artisans 19

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

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