Category: Places of memory

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. (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (more…)

Mesnil-Mauger Mesnil is a very common name in Northern France. It is derived from the latin mansionem “home, House”. The A part of latin has (more…)

Beaussault Bessault or Beaussault is the village where Charles Matte, the father of Nicolas is buried. Charles died on Friday, June 28, 1680 and Nicolas’ (more…)