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The city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is the oldest municipality in the historic region of Beauce, in Chaudière-Appalaches. This city covers an area of more than 108 square kilometers in the regional county municipality of Robert-Cliche, in the heart of the Chaudière Valley.
For a long time, agriculture and animal husbandry formed the basis of the local economy. Today, there are prefabricated construction, textile and plastic molding companies.
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- 1736 - Seigniory (St. Joseph) Granted, Sept. 23, 1736, to Sieur Riguad de Vaudreuil
On September 23, 1736, the seigneury of Saint-Joseph was granted to François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil. But the following year, its first lord gave it to Joseph Fleury de la Gorgendière who favored the colonization of the territory. In December 1737, he marked out his seigniorial domain on the...Read MORE... - 1739 - The parish of St-Joseph-de-Beauce opened
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal - During the fall of 1775, the inhabitants of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce helped the Bostonians of Benedict Arnold to cross the territory to attack Quebec. A way to get revenge on the British who looted farms there during the Seven Years' War.
grandquebec.com - 1832 - ST. JOSEPH,
seigniory, in the co. of Beauce, is bounded N.E. by Frampton; S.W. by Broughton; in the rear by Vaudreuil; in front by Ste. Marie. - 3 leagues in breadth by 4 in depth. Granted, Sept. 23, 1736, to Sieur Riguad de Vaudreuil; and is now the property of the Hon. P.E. Taschereau. The W. section belongs ...Read MORE... - 1835 - Église de Saint-Joseph established at Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
www.gcatholic.org 
Église de Saint-Joseph
740, av. du Palais, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, QUÉBEC
Established 1835
Source: Google maps
Photograph- In 1857, Saint-Joseph was designated capital of the Beauceron judicial district, which led to the construction, in 1859, of a courthouse-prison.
grandquebec.com - 1873
ST. JOSEPH DE BEAUCE, a thriving post village and parish in Beauce co., Que., 42 1/ 2 miles from Quebec. The village contains 3 saw mills, 3 grist mills and 5 or 6 stores. Copper ore is found in the vicinity. Pop. 450; of parish 2,981.
Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873 - 1895 - Saint Joseph de Beauce
Saint Joseph de Beauce, a thriving post-village and parish in Beauce co. Quebec 42 1/ 2 miles S.S.E. of Quebec. It has 3 saw-mills, 3 grist mills and 5 or 6 stores. Copper ore is found in the vicinity. Pop. 450; of the parish, 2981
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 Joseph de Beauce, a banking post-village of Beauce co., Quebec, 42 1/ 2 miles SSE. of Quebec, on the Quebec Central R. Pop. in 1901, 1117.
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 
Cape Callway Cabins
Postcard- On January 27, 1999, the municipality of the parish of Saint-Joseph was erected as the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.
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Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada
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Église de Saint-Joseph
740, av. du Palais, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, QUÉBEC
Established 1835
Source: Google maps
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada
Postcard
Cape Callway Cabins
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1736 - Seigniory (St. Joseph) Granted, Sept. 23, 1736, to Sieur Riguad de Vaudreuil
On September 23, 1736, the seigneury of Saint-Joseph was granted to François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil. But the following year, its first lord gave it to Joseph Fleury de la Gorgendière who favored the colonization of the territory. In December 1737, he marked out his seigniorial domain on the... Read MORE...
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1739 - The parish of St-Joseph-de-Beauce opened
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
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During the fall of 1775, the inhabitants of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce helped the Bostonians of Benedict Arnold to cross the territory to attack Quebec. A way to get revenge on the British who looted farms there during the Seven Years' War.
grandquebec.com
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1832 - ST. JOSEPH,
seigniory, in the co. of Beauce, is bounded N.E. by Frampton; S.W. by Broughton; in the rear by Vaudreuil; in front by Ste. Marie. - 3 leagues in breadth by 4 in depth. Granted, Sept. 23, 1736, to Sieur Riguad de Vaudreuil; and is now the property of the Hon. P.E. Taschereau. The W. section belongs ... Read MORE...
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1835 - Église de Saint-Joseph established at Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
www.gcatholic.org
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In 1857, Saint-Joseph was designated capital of the Beauceron judicial district, which led to the construction, in 1859, of a courthouse-prison.
grandquebec.com
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1873
ST. JOSEPH DE BEAUCE, a thriving post village and parish in Beauce co., Que., 42 1/ 2 miles from Quebec. The village contains 3 saw mills, 3 grist mills and 5 or 6 stores. Copper ore is found in the vicinity. Pop. 450; of parish 2,981.
Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
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1895 - Saint Joseph de Beauce
Saint Joseph de Beauce, a thriving post-village and parish in Beauce co. Quebec 42 1/ 2 miles S.S.E. of Quebec. It has 3 saw-mills, 3 grist mills and 5 or 6 stores. Copper ore is found in the vicinity. Pop. 450; of the parish, 2981
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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1906
Saint Joseph de Beauce, a banking post-village of Beauce co., Quebec, 42 1/ 2 miles SSE. of Quebec, on the Quebec Central R. Pop. in 1901, 1117.
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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On January 27, 1999, the municipality of the parish of Saint-Joseph was erected as the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.
grandquebec.com
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