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History of Sainte-Sophie, Québec, Canada
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Also known as(New Glasgow) (Sainte Sophie de Lacorne)
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About Sainte-Sophie
Sainte-Sophie is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality.
Following the death of Seigneur Masson in 1847, his wife and heiress, Marie Geneviève Sophie Masson, was the first to grant land in the Lacorne Augmentation to French Canadians.
On July 20, 1848, the seigneuress donated land to build a Catholic church.
On July 1, 1855, the parish municipality of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lacorne was established. It had a population of 1,460, more or less equally divided between Anglophones and Francophones.
The parish of Sainte-Sophie was canonically established on March 8, 1862.
Following the death of Seigneur Masson in 1847, his wife and heiress, Marie Geneviève Sophie Masson, was the first to grant land in the Lacorne Augmentation to French Canadians.
On July 20, 1848, the seigneuress donated land to build a Catholic church.
On July 1, 1855, the parish municipality of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lacorne was established. It had a population of 1,460, more or less equally divided between Anglophones and Francophones.
The parish of Sainte-Sophie was canonically established on March 8, 1862.
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1895 - Sainte Sophie de Lacorne
Sainte Sophie de Lacorne, a post-village in Terrebonne co., Quebec, 34 miles N.W. of Montreal. Pop. 1311.
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