What is the history of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada ?

Name: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Address: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC, Canada

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"Mont Saint Hilaire, móN” sant ee'IAR', a post-village in Rouville co., Quebec, 34 miles from St. Hilaire Station. It contains a Roman Catholic church, 2 carding-mills, a flax-mill, a saw-mill, and 2 stores. Pop. 200."

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

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Around 1797, the Seigneurie de Rouville was divided into two parishes, that of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, with an area of 17,529 arpents square, and that of Saint-Hilaire with 11,557 square acres.

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1799 - Église de Saint-Hilaire established at Saint-Hilaire

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Église de Saint-Hilaire
260, ch. des Patriotes Nord, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QUÉBEC
Established 1799
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1832 - The Parish of St. Hilaire (seigniory Rouville),
belongs to Mr. Rouville, and the church stands in front of Mount Rouville. The parish of St. Jean de Baptiste is s. of the Mount and its church is...Read MORE...
Beloeil Mountain and St. Hilaire ( Quebec ) 1838
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-47-43
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1864 - June 29 - St-Hilaire Train Disaster
The St-Hilaire train disaster was a railroad disaster that occurred on June 29, 1864, near the present-day town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. The...Read MORE...
1873
MONT ST. HILAIRE, a post village in Rouville co., Que., 3½ miles from St. Hilaire Station. It contains a Roman Catholic church, 2 carding mills, a...Read MORE...
Village de St. Hilaire, P.Q.
Chemin du roi
1906
Saint Hilaire Village, a post-village of Rouville co., Quebec, on the river Richelieu, half a mile from St. Hilaire Station on the Grand Trunk R., 24 ...Read MORE...
1912 - Saint-Hilaire municipal incorporation

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Mont St. Hilaire Motel & Cabins
1963 - (St. Hilaire) 30 Mar 1963, name changed to Saint-Hilaire-sur-Richelieu, and designation changed from village to city

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1966 - (St. Hilaire) - 18 Mar 1966, name changed to Mont-Saint-Hilaire

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Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Qué, Town, pop 15 720 (2006c), 14 270 (2001c), inc 1966. Mont-Saint-Hilaire is located about 35 km east from MONTRÉAL on the...Read MORE...