History, News and Stories of Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada

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• 1815 - First Settler
  The history of Saint-Rémi dates back to 1815, when the first settler, Alexis Perras, settled there. He began to clear the land and was then joined by other families (note that a first seigniory was created there in 1750, but that the settlement of the territory did not begin until 1815).
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• 1831 - The parish of St-Rémi-de-Lasalle opened
  On June 3, 1828, the parish of Saint-Rémi was canonically erected. Two years later, a first chapel was built. The municipality was established civilly in 1835. According to one version, Saint-Rémi was named in honor of Father Rémi Prudhomme, the first parish priest. According to another version,... Read MORE...
  
  
• During the Patriot Rebellion of 1837, Saint-Rémi found itself at the heart of history. English hussars killed a resident suspected of being behind an ambush.
  
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• In November 1840, a church was erected, the plans of which were drawn up by the architect Louis-Thomas Berlinguet. In 1849, a railway line crossed the territory of the municipality.
  
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• 1873
  ST. REMI, an incorporated village in Huntingdon co., Que., on the G. T. R (Province Line division), 21 miles from Montreal. If, contains an iron foundry, a tannery, 4 hotels, 7 or 8 stores, and 2 churches Pop. 831.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
• 1890 - St Remi
  St Remi. vil., Quebec, co. Napierville. 30 m. by rail S. of Montreal. P. 909; sub-dist. 1,805.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
• 1895 - Saint Remi
  Saint Remi, sáN" rà'mee', a village in Huntingdon co., Quebec, on the Grand Trunk Railway (Province Line division), 21 miles S. of Montreal. It has an iron-foundry, a tannery, 4 hotels, 7 stores, and 2 churches. Pop. 831.
  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 Remi, a banking post-village of Napierville co., Quebec, on the Grand Trunk R., 21 miles S. of Montreal. Pop. in 1901, 1080.
  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
  
• 1930 - Église de Saint-Rémi established at Saint-Rémi
  
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• In 1975, two municipalities merged, namely the village of Saint-Rémi and the parish of Saint-Rémi de la Salle. The new entity receives the name of Ville de Saint-Rémi.
  
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