History of Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada*

The descriptive name evokes a sandy point overlooking the northeast end of Lake Saint-Pierre and on which the locality is built. about ten kilometers southwest of Trois-Rivières and about 20 km from Louiseville.

seigniory, in the co. of St. Maurice, is bounded N.E. by St. Marguerite and St. Maurice; S.W. by Gatineau; in front by Lake St. Peter and the St. Lawrence. - It contains fiefs Normanville and Souvaget., - 1 1/ 4 leagues in front by 2 in depth. Granted Nov. 3, 1734, to Sieur Rene Godefroi de Tonnancour. It now belongs to Madame Montour. - A reddish light soil on clay or marl spreads over the greater part of this seigniory; the front is sandy, flat and low, but towards the interior it gradually becomes better and higher, rising more abruptly towards the rear: flax flourishes well and the land is congenial to the growth of hemp. - All the grant is conceded in 7 ranges, of which 3 are entirely settled and a fourth in progress. The lands conceded prior to 1759 were rented at 20 sols per arpent and a capon. - The prevailing timber is maple, beech, ash, birch and some pine. - It is watered by part of the Petite Machiche, by the Riviere du Sable which turns 2 saw mills, by the R. St. Charles,...

Pointe du Lac, post vil., Quebec, St Maurice co., at E. end of Lake St Peter, 86 m. NNE. of Montreal. P. 500.