History of Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada

The missions Baie St. Paul & St. Ours de la Province de Quebec is established this year.

The Iroquois courageously resisted French colonization and repeatedly attacked the settlers' installations, so the real settlement did not begin until after the signing of the Peace of Montreal. The first mill was erected in 1703 and the first church was built in 1726.

seigniory, and its augmentation, in the co. of Richelieu, are bounded N.E. by Sorel and Bourchemin; S.W. by Contrecoeur, St. Denis and St. Hyacinthe; in the rear by the R. Yamaska; in front by the St. Lawrence. - 2 leagues in breadth by 6 in depth. Granted, 29th Oct. 1672, to Sieur de St. ours, and is now in the possession of the Hon. Charles de St. Ours. The land in this extensive grant is every where of a good quality, and variously adapted to almost every species of agriculture. - Some concessions were granted prior to 1759, and they measured 3 arpents by 30; the rent was 1 sol per arpent, and half a bushel of wheat for each 20 arpents...

This seigniory contains 2 parishes and part of a 3rd, viz. St. Ours, St. Jude and part of Contrecoeur... In the Parish of St. Ours and in the part of the parish of Contrecoeur lying in this S., all the lands are conceded, and most of them prior to 1759, and were granted on the royal terms. - On the right bank of the Richelieu is the village of...

Chosen leader of the Permanent Central Committee of the Patriotes at a protest meeting of about 1,200 people; they adopt the Declaration of St. Ours, declaring smuggling a public duty. St-Ours, Québec

...The St. Ours lock and dams were commenced in 1844 and completed in 1849. The dams at this point raise the water from 4 to 7 feet in height, and from 8 to 10 feet of water passes over these dams during freshets. The minimum depth of the river at its lowest stage is 7 feet...

Yesterday Captain Doyen of St. Ours, a Canadian gentleman of respectability in that parish, was struck on the breast by the shaft of caleche No. 149, belonging to one Milton, and driven by a little boy, and the wheel passed over his body. He died in the course of an hour and a half. - The unfortunate gentleman was 74 years of age.

ST. OURS, an incorporated town of Quebec, co. of Richelieu, on the River Richelieu, 21 miles from St. Hilaire Station. A small island here divides the river into two channels. In the eastern channel, a lock, in cut stone, with a dam 300 feet in length, has been constructed; and in the western channel a dam of 600 feet in length, of crib work, has been built. These works raise the river from 4 to 7 feet above its natural level, and make it navigable to Chambly Basin, a distance of 32 miles. St. Ours contains a church, convent, telegraph office, saw mills, brickfields, and 8 or 9 stores, and has a large trade in grain and country produce. Pop. 700.