History of Terrebonne, Québec, Canada

Listed in Drouin Collection:

Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne

In 1722, the boundaries of the parish of Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne were delimited and the first church was built there in 1734, the first manor a year later. Two mills - one saw and another flour are also built there.

seigniory, in the co. of Terrebonne, is bounded N.E. by Lachenaye; S.W. by the S. of the Riviere du Chene and by Blainville; in the rear by Abercrombie and Kilkenny; in the front by the R. St. John or Jesus. - Two leagues in front by 6 in depth. Granted in 3 parts; the 1st part, Dec. 23, 1673, two leagues in front and depth, to Mr. Dautier Deslandes; the 2nd part, called Desplaines, Apr. 10, 1731, of similar dimensions to Sieur Louis Lepage de St. Claire; the 3rd part, Apr. 12, 1753, also of similar dimensions, to Sieur Louis de la Corne. This S. is now the property of the heirs of the late Simon McTavish, Esq. of Montreal...

The Parish of Terrebonne forms scarcely a third part of the seigniory. Three-fourths of it are conceded and the reaminder, viz. Le Grand Couteau, is in woodland, and being considered unfit for cultivation has no road across it. Almost all the lands fit for cultivation were conceded prior to 1759. The extent of these concessions was 3 arpents by 20, and the...

The village of Terrebonne is the principal place, and is situated in the south-east corner of the seigniory of the same name. Population of the county in 1831, 16,623.

TERREBONNE, a county in the S.W. part of Quebec, has an area of 345,302 acres. It is drained by the North River, which flows into the Ottawa, and otter small streams. Capital, St. Jerome. Pop. 19,591.

TERREBONNE, an incorporated town of Quebec, in the co. of Terrebonne, beautifully situated on the River Jesas (a branch of the Ottawa), 16 miles N. of Montreal. It has a Roman Catholic college, with 17 professors and an average yearly attendance of 200 pupils, a large Roman Catholic church, an Episcopal church, agencies of 2 telegraph and several assurance and insurance companies, saw, grist and carding mills, and manufactories of cloth, leather, iron castings and agricultural implements. It possesses unsurpassed water power; there are extensive limestone quarries in the vicinity Pop. 1,050.