History, News and Stories of Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada

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• 1638 - Sainte-Foy founded
  
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• 1667 - Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Foy is established at Sainte-Foy
  First established as a mission in 1638, Notre-Dame-de-Foy was to be canonically erected in 1698 by Monseigneur de Saint-Vallier. At that time, Sainte-Foy, for the most part, and Sillery belonged to the seigneury of Sillery.
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• Historically, Sainte-Foy was the site, during the Seven Years' War, of the last victory won by the army of New France, led by Lévis against Murray's troops in 1760.
  
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•   1822 - Woman Thief
  Many robberies have lately been committed in the Parishes of St. Foy and Cap Rouge, in Canada, and one or two buildings have been burnt. These depreditions are attributed to a notorious woman named Marie Lapointe, who leads a gipsey life, depending upon theft, and sometimes upon begging for... Read MORE...
  
  
• On the municipal level, the municipality of the parish of Sainte-Foy, created in 1845, which became a city in 1949, will merge with the municipality of the parish of l'Ancienne-Lorette in 1971 to form the new city of Sainte-Foy.
  
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• 1845 - A young Canadian, named Theopilus Hamel, at St. Foy, near Quebec, having exhibited great talents in the art of design, was sent to Rome for completion of his studies.
  His parents being poor, his means soon fell short and an application was made to the Legislative Assembly in his behalf. But the body not having power to entertain the application, a subscription was once opened among the members, being headed by Gov Metcalf, who subscribed £20.
  The Rutland County Herald
  Rutland, Vermont
  April 17, 1845
  
• 1873
  ST. FOY, a post village and parish in Quebec co., Que., 4 miles from Quebec. It contains 1 store, 3 hotels, and an inebriate asylum. Pop. 1,625.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
•   1888 - September 3 - A young farmer, of St. Foys, Que., carried off a neighbors's daughter and made a bee line for Uncle Sam's domains.
  The enraged parent of the girl is after the fugitives.
  Manitoba Free Press
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  September 3, 1888
  
• 1895 - Saint Foy
  Saint Foy, a post-village and parish in Quebec co., Quebec, 4 miles S.W. of Quebec. It contains a store, 3 hotels, and an inebriate asylum. Pop. 1625.
  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 Foy, a post-village of Quebec co., Quebec, 4 miles SW. of Quebec.
  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
  
•   1979 - 17 DIE, 7 INJURED IN PLANE CRASH.
  St. Foy, Que. (UPI) - Seventeen people died and seven were seriously injured Thursday night in the fiery crash of a Quebec Air turboprop that plunged into a field and shattered into three pieces minutes after taking off.
  
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• Sainte-Foy
  Sainte-Foy, Qué, city, pop 72 547 (2001c), 72 330 (1996c), 71 133 (1991c), 69 615 (1986c), area 83.85 km2, inc 1855, situated in the Québec region, is located on the north bank of the St Lawrence River. This neighbour of Québec City covers an area of 84.52 square km.
  
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