History, News and Stories of Grondines, Québec, Canada

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• We find the name of Grondines on a map of 1632.
  It was chosen because "of a large number of flats of large pebbles which are in front, which means that, when it is windy, the waters make a great noise there (according to Gideon of Catalonia). During the summer of 1633, Champlain set up the first trading post there upstream from Quebec.
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• 1638 - Seigniory Grondines granted 20th Mar., 1638, to the Duchess d'Aiguillon for Les Dames Hospitalierre of the Hotel Dieu of Quebec.
  
  
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• In 1646, the nuns of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec took possession of the seigneury of Grondines, created on the current territory of Deschambault-Grondines.
  
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• The first settlers came to settle in Grondines and Deschambault around the 1670s, after the soldiers of the Carignan regiment drove out the Iroquois.
  Around the middle of the 18th century, there are about 100 families of European origin in the territory.
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• 1674 - Grondines Windmill
  The name Grondines was named by Samuel de Champlain himself. "Grondines" is from the French verb "gronder", meaning to rumble or roar. In 1674, the Grondines windmill was built and is the oldest windmill in Québec. The windmill was first a flour mill, and then a lighthouse.
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• 1676 - Parish of Grondines is established
  
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• 1680 - Église de Saint-Charles established at Grondines
  
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•   1828 - Wreck of Steamboats
  From the Montreal Gazette.
  
  On Thursday morning, about 3 o'clock, the Steamboats Lady of the Lake, on her way to Quebec, and the Chambly, on her voyage up, ran foul of each other opposite Grondines. The guard and part of the deck on the starboard bow of the Chambly were broken, when the boats... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1832 - GRONDINES, les,
  seigniory, in the co. of Portneuf, is bounded S.W. by the S. of Ste. Anne and its augmentation; N.E. by La Tesserie; in the rear by the projected T. of Alton and waste lands of the crown; in front by the St. Lawrence. - Granted in three parts, viz. the W. part, one league in front by ten in depth,... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1873
  GRONDINES, a post village in Portneuf co, Que., on the N. shore of the St. Lawrence, 48 miles above Quebec It has two lighthouses, and contains 6 Stores, a grist mill and a telegraph office. A steamboat from Quebec calls twice a week. Pop. 400; of parish 1,503.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
• 1885 - Canadian Towns which are Infected
  The State Board of Health of Maine announces, that besides Montreal and its suburbs, the following named places in the Province of Quebec are affected with small-pox; Batiscan, Oct. 22, 7 families; Bersenels, below Tadousac, Nov 6, 4 families; Cap St. Ignace, Oct. 29, 50 cases, Chambly, Oct 27, 2... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - Grondines
  Grondines, a post village in Portneuf co., Quebec, on the N. shore of the St. Lawrence, 48 miles above Quebec. It has 2 light-houses, and contains 6 stores and a grist-mill. A steamboat from Quebec calls twice a week. Pop. 400.
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• 1916
  Grondines, a post- village of Portneuf co., Quebec, on the N. shore of the St. Lawrence River, 48 miles above Quebec. Pop. about 200.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
• The municipality of Deschambault-Grondines was created in 2002, when Deschambault and Grondines merged to form one of the most beautiful villages in Quebec.
  
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