Category: Places of memory

The concessions of the Seigneury of Neuville With this capsule you will be able to understand and visualize the places that the descendants of Nicolas and Madeleine occupied. A little history The seigneury was granted to Jean Bourdon in 1653, his son Jean-François will be the one who begins to (more…)

St-Casimir To access the municipality of Saint-Casimir, take Exit 250 of the Félix-Leclerc highway (40). Saint-Casimir is located about an hour from Quebec City and Trois-Rivières, The territory of Saint-Casimir was originally part of the lordship of Grondines and the parish of Saint-Charles-des-Grondines. This lordship is one of the oldest (more…)

St. Alban St. Alban is named after Alban de Verulamium, a 3rd century martyr, the first in Britain, beheaded for saving a priest from persecution. Saint-Alban is a municipality in the regional municipality of Portneuf County in Quebec (Canada), located in the administrative region of the National Capital The history (more…)

St. Ubalde Saint-Ubalde is located west of the White River, an hour from Quebec City, in the administrative region of the National Capital. It is part of the Portneuf County Regional Municipality. The total area of the territory, dotted with lakes and hills, is more than 141 square kilometers. Saint-Ubalde (more…)

St. Marc des Carrières Saint-Marc-des-Carrières is the penultimate municipality to be built on the territory of the MRC of Portneuf. Since the beginning of the 19th century, stone quarries have played a significant role in the local economy. This municipality is recognized as the Capital of the Stone of Portneuf (more…)

A Brief History of St. Basile    Saint-Basile is a city in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional municipality of Portneuf County, in the administrative region of the National Capital. It is named in honor of Basil of Caesarea, doctor of the Church. The first inhabitants of the future territory (more…)

PORTNEUF This lordship was granted by the company of New France, to the Sieur de la Poterie, on the sixteenth Of April, thousand six hundred and forty-seven; it is designated as containing “a league and a half along” the St. Laurent River, on three miles deep inland, from the Creek (more…)

Pont-Rouge Both nestled at the foot of the Laurentian mountains and traversed by the winding course of the Jacques-Cartier River, Pont-Rouge quickly taken advantage of this force of nature to attract its first inhabitants around 1740. It was however founded over one hundred years later, in 1867. Pont-Rouge was formerly (more…)

Donnacona  Contrary to the legend left by the class books, the Hurons and Iroquois were not living nomads scattered; they lived in fortified villages, that is, houses that could contain between seven and seventy families. Contrary to popular belief, Chef Donnacona (Domagaya), hence the origin of the name of the (more…)

Cap-Sante Cap-Santé is a city in Quebec (Canada), the capital of the Portneuf MRC, in the Capitale-Nationale region. It is part of the Association of the most beautiful villages of Quebec, with an area of 55 square km. This town, which overlooks the St. Lawrence River on the north shore, (more…)