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

Journey back in time to Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada*

(Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

• The first historical mention of this denomination dates back to 1656 when Pierre Boucher (1622-1717), governor of Trois-Rivières, granted his son-in-law Étienne Seigneuret and Jean Sauvaget the “terre de la Pointe du lac St-Pierre”.
  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.
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• 1734 - Seigniory (Tonnancour or Pointe-du-Lac) Granted Nov. 3, 1734, to Sieur Rene Godefroi de Tonnancour
  
  
  
• 1738 - Parish of La Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Trois-Rivières, Pointe-du-Lac sector Founded in 1738
  
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• 1765 - Moulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac (Moulin seigneurial de Tonnancour) mill is built
  
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• 1832 - TONNANCOUR or POINTE DU LAC,
  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...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1844 - Église la Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Pointe du Lac built
  
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• 1882 - Église la Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Pointe du Lac destroyed by fire and rebuilt the same year
  
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  Église de la Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Pointe-du-Lac
  Parish founded in 1739, church built on this site in 1844, set on fire in 1882, rebuilt between 1882 and 1883.
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• 1890 - Pointe du Lac
  Pointe du Lac, post vil., Quebec, St Maurice co., at E. end of Lake St Peter, 86 m. NNE. of Montreal. P. 500.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
  
• 1895 - Pointe du Lac
  Pointe du Lac, pwāNt dii làk, a post-village in St. Maurice co., Quebec, at the E. end of Lake St. Peter, 81 miles N.N. E. of Montreal. Pop. 500.
  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
  Pointe du Lac, a post-village of St. Maurice co., Quebec, at the E. end of Lake St. Peter, 81 miles NNE. of Montreal, on the Canadian Pacific R. Pop. 150.
  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
  
  
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  Point Beach Camp
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  Plage a la Pointe-Point Beach Camp, Pointe du Lac, Que.
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  Place Auger Beach, Pointe-du-Lac, P.Q.
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• 2002 - Pointe-du-Lac merged with the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002.
  
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