History, News and Stories of Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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• French explorer Jacques Cartier encountered the island and its inhabitants in 1535,
  during his second voyage to the New World. Accompanied by two indigenous interpreters, Cartier was welcomed by the inhabitants and was gifted fish, millet and melons. At the time, he called it Isle de Bascuz (Bacchus) because of the abundance of grape vines he saw there. Less than a year later,... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1624 - January 3, 1624 - Founding of New France's First seigneuries at Cap Tourmente and Ile-d'Orleans.
  
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• 1648 - Huron country destroyed, Hurons relocated to ile D'Orleans
  
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• As of 1666, Île-d'Orléans was inhabited from one end to the other. According to a census conducted that year, the population was 471, making it one of the most populated areas of New France.
  The island was divided into five main areas, which eventually became parishes: Sainte-Famille (founded in 1661), Saint-Pierre, Saint-François, Saint-Jean (all founded in 1679) and Saint-Laurent (founded in 1698). A sixth parish, Sainte-Pétronille, was founded in 1870.
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• 1675 - The first church in Saint-Jean was built in 1675
  The parish of Saint-Jean is located on the southern shores of the island. Construction began on the first parish church circa 1675, but as at 1683 it was still not completed.
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• In 1675, the seigneurie on the island was ceded to François Berthelot under the name "Île et comté de Saint-Laurent" (island and county of Saint-Laurent).
  Called alternatively Île-d'Orléans and Île-Saint-Laurent, the latter name fell out of usage as of 1770.
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• On April 6, 1676, Île d’Orléans became a county divided into four burgs: Saint-Pierre, Saint-Jean, Sainte-Famille and Saint-Paul (renamed Saint-Laurent in 1698).
  
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• 1678 - The parish of Saint-Jean was officially founded in 1679.
  The parish of Saint-Jean was erected by Mgr François de Montmorency Laval, first bishop of Quebec, in 1678. Already before 1683, the first church was erected there. It was made of wood, and it was the very first church on Île-d'Orléans.
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• 1680 - Mission Founded
  The area [Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans] was first colonized early in the 17th century. In 1680, a mission was founded and served by the priest of Sainte-Famille.
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• 1714 - Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was formed
  In 1714, the Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste was formed and became a civil parish in 1722. It is believed that this name commemorates Jean de Lauson, Seneschal in New France and son of Governor Lauson, born circa 1620 and killed at the mouth of the Maheu River in 1661 by the Iroquois. Nevertheless,... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1734 - The Manoir Mauvide-Genest was constructed in 1734 by Jean Mauvide, a young surgeon in the King’s army who became Lord of the manor in 1752. (Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans)
  
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• 1759 - In the summer of 1759, Île d’Orléans was evacuated prior to the arrival of the Royal Navy and the English troops under the command of General Wolfe.
  He established a military camp on the island to keep watch on Quebec City and the channels of the St. Lawrence River. The buildings on the island were nearly all razed after Wolfe’s defeat on July 31 at L’Ange-Gardien. Only a few homes were spared.
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• 1832 - The Parish of St. Jean Baptiste,
  by a regulation of Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by an Order in Council, Mar. 3, 1722, is 2 1/ 4 leagues along the South Channel, extending from and including the house of Andre Terrein to Riviere Maheu, comprehending all the lands in this space to the middle of the island. - In this parish are farms of ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1839 - The schooner La St. Laurent, was lost in a terrible storm on the river. Twenty-one sailors lost their lives, 17 of them from the parish of Saint-Jean, sending the entire village into mourning.
  
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• 1859
  JEAN-DE-BAPTISTE (Saint), a parish and village of Lower Canada, in Orleans island.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
• In 1861, the village had a population of 1,433. Similar to Saint-Pierre, most heads of households were farmers. The rest were navigators and artisans.
  
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• 1873
  ST. JEAN D'ORLEANS, a post village and parish in Montmorency co., Que , on the Island of Orleans, 22 miles below Quebec. Pop. 1,436.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
• 1895 - Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
  Saint Jean d’Orléans, a post-village in Montmorency co., Quebec, on the Isle of Orleans, 22 miles below Quebec
  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
  
• Isle D'Orleans, St. Jean historic district
  
• 1906
  Saint Jean d'Orleans, a post-village of Montmorency co., Quebec, on the Isle of Orleans, 19 miles below Quebec.
  Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
  
• 1956 - Religious Drowns Near St. Jean
  St. Jean, Que., July 10 - Guy Rheault, 20-year-old member of the order of the Brothers of Christian Schools, was drowned yesterday while swimming in the St. Lawrence River near this Ile d'Orleans village. He was swimming with another brother.
  
  Searchers found the body three hours later. A... Read MORE...
  
  
• Its current name of Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans was not adopted until 2003.
  
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