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History of Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada
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Lauzon, a town in Lévis county, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence river opposite the end of the island of Orleans, and on the Canadian National Railway. Christened Pointe de Lévy by Champlain in 1625, in honour of Henry de Lévy, Duc de Ventadour, Viceroy of New France, it adopted its present name in 1867, when it was established as a village, in memory of jean de Lauzon, governor of New France (1651-6), to whom was granted the seigniory of Lauzon in 1636. Lauzon was incorporated a town in 1910. The principal industry of the town is the building and repairing of ships, and it has a dry-dock, 1,150 feet in length, and several saw mills and sash and door factories. There is also a good commercial college and a convent in the town.
W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. IV, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 394p., p. 1.
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Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Église de Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy
291, rue Saint-Joseph, Lévis, QUÉBEC G6V 1G3
Established 1694
Source: Google maps
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Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Quebec and Point Levis seen from Ange Gardien (1805)
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-261 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
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Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Point Levi, Isle of Orleans, etc. from below the Citadel, Quebec (1840)
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1956-62-9
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Artwork

Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Canadian Scenery,
by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1842
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Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
Old Houses at Point Lévis
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History, News and Stories of Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1679 - Parish of St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy is established at Lauzon
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
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1694 - Église de Saint-Joseph established at Lévis
www.gcatholic.org
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1759 - French and Indian War - James Wolfe orders cannon to start firing on Québec from heights of Levis
that night Jean-Daniel Dumas leads 1,600 soldiers, mostly students, in a disastrous night attack on the English; the young men panic and fire on each ... Read MORE...
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1763 - April 18 - Marie-Josephte Corriveau alias la Corriveau hanged near the Plains of Abraham for murdering her husband Louis Dodier,
who apparently beat her; the corpse of the celebrated murderess is hung for a month in an iron cage at Lauzon by the Pointe-Levy for passers-by to... Read MORE...
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1832 - The Parish of St. Joseph de la Pointe Levi,
by regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by an order in council, Mar. 3, 1722, extends 3 1/ 2 leagues and 4 arpents; vis. 21 arpesnts in... Read MORE...
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The City of Lévis was born in 1861.
The founder of this new city was Mgr. Joseph-David Déziel (1806–1882). Many municipalities in the territory of present-day Lévis were merged between... Read MORE...
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1873
LEVIS, or POINT LEVI, the chief town of the co. of Levis, Que., is situated on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, opposite Quebec, and is the... Read MORE...
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1882-84 Point Levis
...It is hard to choose, but a few should be visited, and among these Point Levis stands first in geographical order and in interest of all... Read MORE...
1890 - BRIDGE WENT DOWN - ENTIRE PASSENGER TRAIN SMASHED IN PIECES. ENGINE AND BAGGAGE CAR ALONE REMAIN ON TRACK - TEN PASSENGERS KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
Quebec, Dec. 18. - The express train from Halifax on the Intercolonial which was due at Levis at 11:40 a.m., met with a frightful accident about... Read MORE...
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1895 - Lauzon / St. Joseph de Levis
Lauzon, or St. Joseph de Levis, a post-village in Levis co., Quebec, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, 2 miles from Levis. It has 20 stores, a... Read MORE...
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Ville de Levis, Quebec
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1916
Levis, Levis Town, or Point Levis, a city and capital of the co. of Levis, Quebec, situated on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite... Read MORE...
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1955 - October 28 - Fire destroys shipyards at Lauzon
canadachannel.ca/ todayincanadianhistory/ index.php/ October_28
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1989 - Lauzon merges with Lévis
www.wikipedia.org
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Lévis
Lévis, Qué, City, pop 40 926 (2001c), 40 407 (1996c), 39 417 (1991cA), area 43.55 km2, inc 1990, is located on the rocky cliffs opposite Québec City, ... Read MORE...
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