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Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

There are reminders of the old, rural character of Île Jésus throughout Laval, including 26 roadside crosses, riverside parks and heritage village centres. Some former villages include churches dating back to the mid-1850s, such as those found in Sainte-Rose and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is also well known for its fortress-like federal penitentiary, built in 1873.

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  • 1733 - Saint-Vincent-de-Paul founded

    www.prdh-igd.com/en/Carte/2301

  • Parish beginnings
    The historic parish of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul was founded in 1743, although the foundation was authorized in 1740 at the same time as that of Sainte-Rose-de-Lima. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul therefore separated from Saint-François-de-Sales in 1743. It was then, at the confluence of the La Pinière stream...Read MORE...


  • A wealthy merchant, Joseph-Hubert Lacroix settled there in 1767 and had a stone residence built. In 1789, Lacroix, who acquired the neighboring land, came to own a vast estate, which put an end to the expansion of the hamlet.

    grandquebec.com

  • 1832 - The parish of St. Vincent de Paul (Isle Jesus)
    is in the S. part of the island, and the farms are conceded, some of them prior to 1759; the rates on which they are held are, 1st. 2 sols for each superficial arpent, and 1 sol as quit rent for each front arpent. - 2nd. 2 sols tournois for each superficial arpent, and 1 sol as quit rent for each...Read MORE...


  • 1841 - Église de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul established at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

    www.gcatholic.org

  • Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada
    Église de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
    5443, boul. Lévesque Est, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, QUÉBEC
    Established in 1841

    diocesemontreal.org/ leglise-a-montreal/ nos-lieux-de-culte/ nos-paroisses/ eglises/ eglise/ saint-vincent-de-paul-40laval41.html
    Photograph
  • 1859
    ISLE-JESUS, a seignory of Lower Canada, in the co. of Terrebonne, separated from the mainland by the river St. Jean or Jesus, and from the island of Montreal on the NW by the Riviere-des-Prairies. It is 21 m. in length, and 6 m. at its greatest breadth, and is in its entire extent level, fertile...Read MORE...


  • 1873
    ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, a thriving post village of Quebec, co. of Laval, on Isle Jesus, and on la Riviere des Prairies, 12 miles from Montreal. It contains the Provincial Penitentiary, 2 telegraph offices, and several stores and hotels. Pop. 1,000.
    Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873

  • From 1878, the commissioning of the first railway line, which became the Canadian Pacific in 1885.

    grandquebec.com

  • 1895 - Saint Vincent de Paul
    Saint Vin'cent de Paul, a post-village of Quebec, co. of Laval, on Isle Jésus, and on the Rivière des Prairies, 12 miles N.N.W. of Montreal. It contains the provincial penitentiary, several stores, and hotels. Pop. 1000.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

  • 1906
    Saint Vincent de Paul, a post-village of Laval co., Quebec, ont Isle Jesus, the Riviere des Prairies, and the Canadian Pacific R., 12 miles NNW. of Montreal. It has cheese and butter-factories and various mills. Pop. in 1901, 1462.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

  • In 1908, a tram terminus was built at Sault-au-Récollet to meet the traffic of the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul crossing.

    grandquebec.com

  • 1965 - Saint-Vincent-de-Paul integrated into the city of Laval

    wikipedia.org



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Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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Église de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
5443, boul. Lévesque Est, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, QUÉBEC
Established in 1841

diocesemontreal.org/ leglise-a-montreal/ nos-lieux-de-culte/ nos-paroisses/ eglises/ eglise/ saint-vincent-de-paul-40laval41.html

History, News and Stories of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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  • 1733 - Saint-Vincent-de-Paul founded

    www.prdh-igd.com/en/Carte/2301
  • Parish beginnings
    The historic parish of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul was founded in 1743, although the foundation was authorized in 1740 at the same time as that of Sainte-Rose-de-Lima. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul therefore separated from Saint-François-de-Sales in 1743. It was then, at the confluence of the La Pinière stream... Read MORE...

  • A wealthy merchant, Joseph-Hubert Lacroix settled there in 1767 and had a stone residence built. In 1789, Lacroix, who acquired the neighboring land, came to own a vast estate, which put an end to the expansion of the hamlet.

    grandquebec.com
  • 1832 - The parish of St. Vincent de Paul (Isle Jesus)
    is in the S. part of the island, and the farms are conceded, some of them prior to 1759; the rates on which they are held are, 1st. 2 sols for each superficial arpent, and 1 sol as quit rent for each front arpent. - 2nd. 2 sols tournois for each superficial arpent, and 1 sol as quit rent for each... Read MORE...

  • 1841 - Église de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul established at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul

    www.gcatholic.org
  • 1859
    ISLE-JESUS, a seignory of Lower Canada, in the co. of Terrebonne, separated from the mainland by the river St. Jean or Jesus, and from the island of Montreal on the NW by the Riviere-des-Prairies. It is 21 m. in length, and 6 m. at its greatest breadth, and is in its entire extent level, fertile... Read MORE...

  • 1873
    ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, a thriving post village of Quebec, co. of Laval, on Isle Jesus, and on la Riviere des Prairies, 12 miles from Montreal. It contains the Provincial Penitentiary, 2 telegraph offices, and several stores and hotels. Pop. 1,000.
    Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  • From 1878, the commissioning of the first railway line, which became the Canadian Pacific in 1885.

    grandquebec.com
  • 1895 - Saint Vincent de Paul
    Saint Vin'cent de Paul, a post-village of Quebec, co. of Laval, on Isle Jésus, and on the Rivière des Prairies, 12 miles N.N.W. of Montreal. It contains the provincial penitentiary, several stores, and hotels. Pop. 1000.
    Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
  • 1906
    Saint Vincent de Paul, a post-village of Laval co., Quebec, ont Isle Jesus, the Riviere des Prairies, and the Canadian Pacific R., 12 miles NNW. of Montreal. It has cheese and butter-factories and various mills. Pop. in 1901, 1462.
    Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  • In 1908, a tram terminus was built at Sault-au-Récollet to meet the traffic of the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul crossing.

    grandquebec.com
  • 1965 - Saint-Vincent-de-Paul integrated into the city of Laval

    wikipedia.org

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