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History of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada
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(Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)
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The municipality of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François covers an area of nearly 136 square kilometers, but no more than 750 residents live in this beautiful and peaceful village located in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale.
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François is part of the Charlevoix regional county municipality and nature is everywhere. The beauty of the place is undeniable, due to the many maple groves that take on flamboyant tones in the fall, thanks to the majestic river and the surrounding hills...
Historically, this place between the river and the mountain was the first settlement in the Charlevoix region.
Over the years, the inhabitants live from agriculture, eel fishing, wood cutting and processing, maple syrup production, as well as the manufacture of pleasure boats which occupies an important place. in the local economy since the end of the 19th century.
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- In 1636, at the time of the foundation of the seigneury of Beaupré, granted to the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, these places are already listed in the documents confirming the concession of the seigneury.
grandquebec.com - In 1662, the place was acquired by the Séminaire de Québec and several settlers settled there, coming from Château-Richer and Cap-Tourmente.
grandquebec.com - (Petite-Rivière-Saint-François) - In 1675, the Seminary of Quebec, owner of the Beaupré Seignory that stretched from Beauport to Baie-Saint-Paul, granted land to Claude Bouchard, followed by another 15 concessions until the end of the 17th century.
The settlement, the oldest in the Charlevoix region, grew at the mouth of the Little River in a deep valley east of Cape Maillard where natural open grassland accommodated the early colonizers.
wikipedia.org - 1710 - Église de Saint-François-Xavier established at Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
www.gcatholic.org - 1832 - The Parish of Petite Riviere, Cote de Beaupre,
by a regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by a decree of the council of state, March. 3, 1722, extends one l in front along the St. Lawrence. The road through the settlements of this parish is, for about 6 miles, well settled on each side, the houses neat and the farms in a respectable state of...Read MORE... - (Petite-Rivière-Saint-François) In 1845, it was incorporated but the municipality was abolished in 1847. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière.
In common use, the place remained known as just Petite-Rivière.
wikipedia.org - 1873
LA PETITE RIVIERE ST FRANCOIS. a post office in Charlevoix co., Que., 10 miles from St Paul's Bay.
Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873 
Maillard Chapel
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Maillard Chapel
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In 1636, at the time of the foundation of the seigneury of Beaupré, granted to the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, these places are already listed in the documents confirming the concession of the seigneury.
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In 1662, the place was acquired by the Séminaire de Québec and several settlers settled there, coming from Château-Richer and Cap-Tourmente.
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(Petite-Rivière-Saint-François) - In 1675, the Seminary of Quebec, owner of the Beaupré Seignory that stretched from Beauport to Baie-Saint-Paul, granted land to Claude Bouchard, followed by another 15 concessions until the end of the 17th century.
The settlement, the oldest in the Charlevoix region, grew at the mouth of the Little River in a deep valley east of Cape Maillard where natural open grassland accommodated the early colonizers.
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1710 - Église de Saint-François-Xavier established at Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
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1832 - The Parish of Petite Riviere, Cote de Beaupre,
by a regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by a decree of the council of state, March. 3, 1722, extends one l in front along the St. Lawrence. The road through the settlements of this parish is, for about 6 miles, well settled on each side, the houses neat and the farms in a respectable state of... Read MORE...
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(Petite-Rivière-Saint-François) In 1845, it was incorporated but the municipality was abolished in 1847. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière.
In common use, the place remained known as just Petite-Rivière.
wikipedia.org
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1873
LA PETITE RIVIERE ST FRANCOIS. a post office in Charlevoix co., Que., 10 miles from St Paul's Bay.
Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
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