History and News of La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

• 1665 - The first Frenchman settling on the largest island was reputedly Pierre Dupas (1637-1677), officier in the Carignan Regiment who arrived in Canada in 1665.
  Together with two servants, he settled in 1669 on the island which came to bear his name, and he became the first Lord of the... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1704 - Église de la Visitation established at Île Dupas
  
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• 1832 - DUPAS
  including CHICOT, seigniory in the co. of Berthier. This S. contains the Isle Dupas and extends 1/ 4 l. above and below the R. Chicot and 1 1/ 2 l. in... Read MORE...
  
  
• In 1865, the area of La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas experienced a flood which killed 15 people and washed away 27 houses.
  
• 1890 - Isle du Pas
  Isle du Pas, post vil., Quebec, co. and 2 1/ 2 m. from Berthier.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
• 1895 - Isle Dupas
  Isle Dupas, a post-village in Berthier co, Quebec, on an island in the river St. Lawrence, 24 miles S.E. of Berthier-en-Haut. Pop. 150.
  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
  
• 1916
  Isle Dupas, a post-village of Berthier co., Quebec, on an island in the river St. Lawrence, 2 1/ 2 miles SE. of Berthier-en-Haut. Pop. 70.
  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