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L'Isle-Verte is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to Île Verte (French for "Green Island"), a nearby island that is not within its municipal boundaries.
It is known for its lamb, fed in a salted marsh, a luxury product in Quebec.
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- As of 1713, the number of settlers was enough to justify founding the Catholic mission of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-L’Isle-Verte.
riviereduloup.ca - In 1738, the very first flour mill was built on the Petit-Sault River (on the site of the actual Petit-Sault mill) (Isle-Verte).
This is a sign that agriculture had become significant.
riviereduloup.ca - 1766 - Parish is established at L'isle-Verte
www.prdh-igd.com/en/Carte/2301 - 1809 - Île-Verte Lighthouse is completed.
- 1828 - Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l’Isle-Verte becomes a parish
riviereduloup.ca - Isle-Verte, in 1859 was chosen to receive the courthouse (circuit court).
riviereduloup.ca - 1895 - Isle Verte
Isle Verte, eel vênt ("green island"), the chief town of the co. of Temiscouata, Quebec, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, 16 miles by rail below...Read MORE... 
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Photograph- On 23 January 2014, a fire broke out in a seniors’ home in L'Isle-Verte, a town of about 1,500 located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Early reports suggested that the fire began after a resident was denied permission to go outside and smoke a cigarette. Of the 52 seniors living in...Read MORE...
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As of 1713, the number of settlers was enough to justify founding the Catholic mission of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-L’Isle-Verte.
riviereduloup.ca
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In 1738, the very first flour mill was built on the Petit-Sault River (on the site of the actual Petit-Sault mill) (Isle-Verte).
This is a sign that agriculture had become significant.
riviereduloup.ca
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1766 - Parish is established at L'isle-Verte
www.prdh-igd.com/en/Carte/2301
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1809 - Île-Verte Lighthouse is completed.
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1828 - Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l’Isle-Verte becomes a parish
riviereduloup.ca
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Isle-Verte, in 1859 was chosen to receive the courthouse (circuit court).
riviereduloup.ca
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1895 - Isle Verte
Isle Verte, eel vênt ("green island"), the chief town of the co. of Temiscouata, Quebec, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, 16 miles by rail below... Read MORE...
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On 23 January 2014, a fire broke out in a seniors’ home in L'Isle-Verte, a town of about 1,500 located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Early reports suggested that the fire began after a resident was denied permission to go outside and smoke a cigarette. Of the 52 seniors living in... Read MORE...
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