History, News and Stories of Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

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• It was in 1637 that Jean Bourdon, the engineer – surveyor and cartographer, and Jacqueline Potel, his first wife, received part of Agochonda and named it d’Autray.
  
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• In 1656, Charles Sevestre, master printer and bookseller, obtained the western part of the region which went to his son-in-law, Louis de Niort de la Nauraye or Lanoraie.
  
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• 1681 - Parish is established at Lanoraie
  
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• 1732 - Église de Saint-Joseph established in Lanoraie
  
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• 1832 - LANORAYE and DAUTRE with their augmenation.
  These two fiefs form only one seigniory, which lies in the co. of Berthier, and is bounded N.E. by the S. of Berthier; S.W. by Lavaltrie; in the rear by D'Aillebout and De Ramzay; in front by the St. Lawrence. - Lanoraye is 2 l. broad and 2 deep tand was granted, April 7, 1688, to Sieur de la... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1850 - Opening of St. Lawrence & Industry Railroad, 19 km from Lanoraie, Québec to village of Industry; third railway completed in Canada.
  The construction of the Barthélémy Joliette railway made Lanoraie an important rail and naval terminal for the region's forest industry.
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• 1890 - Lanoraie
  Lanoraie. vil., Quebec, on River St Lawrence, co. Berthier, 48 m. by rail NE. of Montreal. P. of parish 2,240.
  The Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada John George Bartholomew John Murdoch Harper January 1, 1890 London : J. Walker
  
• 1895 - Lanoraie
  Lanoraie, là-no-rà', a post-village in Berthier co., Quebec, on the river St. Lawrence, 41 miles N.E. of Montreal. It has several stores and mills, and a considerable trade in flour, grain, and cordwood. A railroad connects Lanoraie with Joliette. Pop. 600.
  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
  
• 1902 - A Massachusetts Man's Big Luck - Gate Tender on a Railroad to Get a Large Slice.
  The Times Special Service.
  WORCESTER, Mass., Saturday, June 7. - Family records expected daily from the parish priest at Lanoraie in Quebec are expected to establish the claim of Joseph A. Demars, a gate tender of the Boston & Albany Railroad to a share of the $8,000,000 which has been in... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1916
  Lanoraie, a post-village of Berthier CO., Quebec, on the river St. Lawrence, 41 miles NE. of Montreal. Pop. about 600.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
•   1922 - Inquire Into Collision
  MONTREAL - An official inquiry into the collision between the steamer Cairndhu and the tug Spray, near Lanoraie, on the St. Lawrence river, Saturday, when five persons were drowned will be commenced here Wednesday.
  The Winnipeg Tribune
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  July 4, 1922
  
•   1929 - Quebec Bank Robbed
  MONTREAL, June 21 - Two men held up the branch of the Banque Canadienne Nationale at Lanoraie, 50 miles east of Montreal yesterday afternoon. The men secured $200 and escaped in an automobile.
  The Winnipeg Tribune
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  June 21, 1929
  
• 1930 - Drilling to Commence
  The number one well of the Lanoraie Oil and Gas Syndicate, Ltd., will be drilled close to the large discovery well of gas at Lanoraie, Quebec.
  
  Lanoraie has a derrick erected on their property, half of their machinery, and part of their drilling equipment has been delivered and is now being... Read MORE...
  
  
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