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La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec
The municipality of La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas is located in the Regional Municipality of Autray, in the administrative region of Lanaudière.
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas is located approximately 78 kilometers from Montreal and 193 kilometers from Quebec City, northeast of Joliette and at the entrance and near the left shore of Lake Saint-Pierre . The municipality covers an area of approximately 37 square kilometers.
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- 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 l'Île-Dupas-et-du-Chicot Seignory in 1672. In 1677, his widow sold the seignory to Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye.
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki /La_Visitation-de-l'%C3%8Ele-Dupas,_ Quebec - The settlement of Île Dupas began in 1699.
A few families originating from the seigneury of Champlain settled there at the time on a territory extending from south to north, in the vicinity of Saint-Cuthbert and Berthierville. . These settlers also settled on the island formerly identified as Isle du Pads, also known as Isle du Pas, the...Read MORE... - 1704 - Église de la Visitation established at Île Dupas
www.gcatholic.org - 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 depth. Granted, Nov. 3, 1672, to Sieur Dupas. The rents of the S. are 4 French livres for each farm. Isle Dupas, which is a long narrow island, lying...Read MORE... - The first parish church was built in 1851, according to plans by architect Victor Bourgeau.
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Eglise de La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, built in 1852
121, rue de l’Église, Île Dupas, QUÉBEC
Source: wikipedia
Photograph- 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
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La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada
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 - Eglise de La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, built in 1852
121, rue de l’Église, Île Dupas, QUÉBEC
Source: wikipedia)
Eglise de La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, built in 1852
121, rue de l’Église, Île Dupas, QUÉBEC
Source: wikipedia
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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 l'Île-Dupas-et-du-Chicot Seignory in 1672. In 1677, his widow sold the seignory to Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye.
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki /La_Visitation-de-l'%C3%8Ele-Dupas,_ Quebec
Read more about Pierre DUPAS -
The settlement of Île Dupas began in 1699.
A few families originating from the seigneury of Champlain settled there at the time on a territory extending from south to north, in the vicinity of Saint-Cuthbert and Berthierville. . These settlers also settled on the island formerly identified as Isle du Pads, also known as Isle du Pas, the... Read MORE...
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1704 - Église de la Visitation established at Île Dupas
www.gcatholic.org
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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 depth. Granted, Nov. 3, 1672, to Sieur Dupas. The rents of the S. are 4 French livres for each farm. Isle Dupas, which is a long narrow island, lying... Read MORE...
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The first parish church was built in 1851, according to plans by architect Victor Bourgeau.
grandquebec.com
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In 1865, the area of La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas experienced a flood which killed 15 people and washed away 27 houses.
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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
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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
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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
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