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Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec
Sainte-Rose is a district in Laval, Quebec. It was incorporated as a village in 1850, and was a separate town until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965 which amalgamated all the municipalities on Île Jésus into a single City of Laval. wikipedia
One of Laval’s oldest and most visited neighbourhoods, where beautiful 19th-century homes can still be found. Located along the Rivière des Mille-Îles, Vieux-Sainte-Rose still has the feel of an old-time village. bonjourquebec.com
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1740 - Église de Sainte-Rose-de-Lima established at Sainte-Rose
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1745 - Parish of Ste-Rose-de-Lima opens
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1832 - The parish of St. Rose (isle Jesus)
is in the N.W. part of the island, and all the farms are conceded.
Population 2470
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 1
Saw-mills 1
Carding-mills 1
Fulling-mills 1
Notaries 1
Shopkeepers 5
Taverns 5
Artisans... Read MORE...
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A jewel of Laval’s heritage, the Sainte-Rose-de-Lima church was built between 1852 and 1856 according to the plans of the famous Montreal architect Victor Bourgeau.
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1859
ISLE-JESUS, a seignory of Lower Canada, in the co. of Terrebonne, separated from the mainland by the river St. Jean or Jesus, and from the island of Montreal on the NW by the Riviere-des-Prairies. It is 21 m. in length, and 6 m. at its greatest breadth, and is in its entire extent level, fertile... Read MORE...
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1873
STE. ROSE, a thriving post village of Quebec, capital of the co. of Laval, (Isle Jesus,) on the south shore of the River Jesus (a branch of the Ottawa), and on the Montreal Northern Colonization railway, 16½ miles from Montreal. It contains a church, a tannery, 6 stores, and a telegraph office.... Read MORE...
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1890 - Sainte-Rose
Ste. Rose, vil., Quebec, chef-lieu of Laval co., 17 m. by rail NW. of Montreal. P. of sub-dist. 1,674.
The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
1892 TERRIBLE STORM IN QUEBEC. A VILLAGE ANNIHILATED AND THREE CHILDREN KILLED.
Montreal, June 16. - The village of St. Rose, a fashionable summer resort, was entirely annihilated yesterday by a cyclone, the debris being deposited in the fields around about.
WILFRED ONIMET, aged 7.
JULIA JOLY, aged 6.
STANLEY DAUBIEN, aged 8.
were killed and about twenty severely -... Read MORE...
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1895 - Sainte Rose
Sainte Rose, a post-village of Quebec, capital of the co. of Laval (Isle Jésus), on the S. shore of the river Jesus (a branch of the Ottawa), and on the Montreal Northern Colonization Railway, 163 miles N.W. of Montreal. It contains a church, a tannery, and 6 stores. Pop. 736; of parish, 1816.
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 Rose, a post-village of Quebec, capital of the co. of Laval (Isle Jesus), on the S. shore of the river Jesus (a branch of the Ottawa) and on the Canadian Pacific R., 15 miles from Montreal. Pop. in 1901, 1154.
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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1965 - Sainte-Rose integrated to the City of Laval
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