History of Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada

Journey back in time to Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada

(Immaculée-Conception)

• 1650 - Église de l’Immaculée-Conception established at Saint-Ours
  
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  Église de l’Immaculée-Conception
  2538, rue Immaculée-Conception, Saint-Ours, QUÉBEC
  Established 1650
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• 1681 - established
  The missions Baie St. Paul & St. Ours de la Province de Quebec is established this year.
  
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• The beginnings of the seigniory were difficult.
  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.
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• 1832 - ST. OURS,
  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 ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1837 - May 7, 1837 - Louis-Joseph Papineau
  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
  
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•  1844 - Crushed by Wheel
  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...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1844 to 1849 - CANAL TRAFFIC IN CANADA... RICHELIEU AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN
  ...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...
  The New York Times
  New York, New York
  July 6, 1883
  
  
• 1873
  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...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1880 - Catholics Protest
  ...Preparations are going on for the grand procession of male Catholics to-morrow in this city, which is to be a protest against the French decree against the Jesuits. The Commercial Unionists are preparing a monster demonstration for to-morrow to take place at St. Ours. The scene chosen is one...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Farmstead at St. Ours on the Richelieu River, ( Quebec. ) - 1889
  Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-421 W. H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
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• 1890 - St Ours
  St Ours, tn., Quebec, co. and on R. Richelieu, 21 m. N. of St Hilaire Station. P. (1881) 808.
  
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
  
• 1895 - Saint-Ours
  Saint Ours', sàNt oor, a town of Quebec, co. of Richelieu, on the river Richelieu, 21 miles N. of St. Hilaire Station. A small island here divides the river into two channels, each dammed for the improvement of navigation. St. Ours contains a church, convent, saw-mills, brick-fields, and 8 stores,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1898 - 'TWAS TIME TO LOCK HIM UP. This Dangerous Individual Ran Loose Too Long.
  He Confesses to Having Fired the St. Ours' Convent and is Even now Filled With a Desire to Murder
  
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  Sorel, April 7. - A great sensation has been created throughout the county of Richelieu by the confessions of a young man of 18, named Ulric Lusignan, who has been...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  St-Ours le Vieux Moulin.
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• 1906
  Saint Ours, a post-town of Richelieu co., Quebec, on the river Richelieu, 21 miles N. of St. Hilaire station. Pop. in 1901, 609.
  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
  
  
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  St-Ours, Vue du Richelieu
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