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  History of Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada

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(Ste-Elisabeth)

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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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  Église de Ste-Élisabeth-de-Joliette, Lanaudière, Québec
  2411, rue Principale, Sainte-Élisabeth, QUÉBEC
  Established 1802
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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...
  
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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