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The parish of Sainte-Élisabeth is located in the administrative region of Lanaudière and is part of the regional county municipality of D'Autray. It occupies an area of more than 81 square kilometers. The Bayonne River crosses the municipality.
In the 17th century, the municipality of Sainte-Élisabeth was part of the La Noraye and Berthier seigniories, but towards the end of the century, particularly in 1798, it became a religious parish and took the name of Sainte-Élisabeth of Hungary.
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, was a princess who died at the age of 84 in 1231 and to whom the composer Franz Liszt dedicated an oratorio.
Today, it is an agricultural municipality, there are several industrialized sugar bushes. In addition, a red deer breeding farm is located in Sainte-Élisabeth.
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1802 - Église de Sainte-Élisabeth established at Sainte-Élisabeth
In 1798, it became a religious parish and took the name of Sainte-Élisabeth of Hungary.
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1832 - LANORAYE and DAUTRE
- In this S. cultivation is in a very advanced state, about two thirds being thickly settled, of which the parish of St. Elisabeth in the rear, the banks of the St. Lawrence, the coteau St. Martin and that of Ste. Emily are perhaps the most flourishing. There is no village; but good houses with... Read MORE...
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In the 19th century, the municipality was populated by about five thousand inhabitants and its economy flourished thanks to agriculture and forestry.
Around the middle of the century, there were two flour mills, three sawmills, five inns, a foundry, a potashry, a brickyard and a lime kiln. At the time, Sainte-Élisabeth was the capital of the Joliette region and it housed the courthouse.
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1873
ST. ELIZABETH, a post village and parish in Juliette co., Que., on the River Bayonne, 45 miles N.E. of Montreal. The village contains an agricultural implement factory, tannery, and several Stores. Pop. 460; of parish 2,273.
Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
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1895 - Saint Elizabeth
Saint Eliz'abeth, a post-village in Joliette co., Quebec, on the river Bayonne, 45 miles N.E. of Montreal. It has an agricultural-implement factory, a tannery, and several stores. Pop. 460.
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
Sainte Elizabeth, a post-village of Joliette co., Quebec, on the river Bayonne, 7 miles from Joliette.
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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