History of Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Journey back in time to Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada

(Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

• 1679 - Parish of St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy is established at Lauzon
  
  Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
  
  
• 1694 - Église de Saint-Joseph established at Lévis
  
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  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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• 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...
  
  
  
• 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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  Quebec and Point Levis seen from Ange Gardien (1805)
  Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-261 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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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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  Point Levi, Isle of Orleans, etc. from below the Citadel, Quebec (1840)
  Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1956-62-9
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  Canadian Scenery,
  by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1842
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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...
  
  
  
• 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...
  
  
  
• 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...
  
  
  
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  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
  
  Old Houses at Point Lévis
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•  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...
  
  
  
• 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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  Post Office
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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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  Garage Trans-Canada, Lauzon, Levis, Canada.
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  Hotel Larochelle
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• 1955 - October 28 - Fire destroys shipyards at Lauzon
  
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• 1989 - Lauzon merges with Lévis
  
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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...