History of Deschambault, Québec, Canada

Around the middle of the 18th century, there are about 100 families of European origin in the territory.

Quebec, April 10.
The ice in the St. Lawrence still holds fast opposite below Deschambault, and upwards, we believe, as far as near Montreal. Several boats have come up from below a distance of 60 miles.

seigniory, in the co. of Portneuf, is bounded N.E. by the barony of Portneuf; S.W. by La Chevrotiere; by the St. Lawrence in front; by waste lands of the Crown in the rear. - One l. in breadth by 3 in depth. Granted Mar. 1, 1652 to Demoiselle Eleonore de Grand Maison and now belongs to Louis de la Gorgendiere, Esq. and the Hon. Juchereau Duchesnay. - This, in almost every respect, is a very valuable property; the soil is of unexceptionable quality, being a mixture of good clay with a little sand, a fine yellow loam and in many places a rich black mould, which in the vicinity of Point Deschambault has a stratum of rock beneath it. The surface is uneven, and from being a fine level flat near the river, it rises in small ridges mounting, by graduations, one above another nearly to the rear limits of the seigniory. From the W. also there is a gradual acclivity from the plain to the height of Point Deschambault; on this plain the land is every where fertile; the greater part being in an...