History, News and Stories of Boucherville, Québec, Canada

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• 1667 - Boucherville is founded as a seigneurial parish by Pierre Boucher. Pierre Boucher begins farming this year but does not receive his seigneury until 1672 when he builds a palisade to protect the community from the Iroquois.
  
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• Boucherville
  Boucherville, Qué, pop 36 253 (2001c), 34 989 (1996c), incorporated as a city in 1957, is now a borough of the new city of Longueuil, created in January 2002 by the amalgamation of 8 distinct municipalities. Boucherville stretches for 7 km along the South Shore of the St Lawrence River connected to ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1680 - Église de la Sainte-Famille established at Boucherville
  
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•   1817 - 25 Below Zero
  The Thermometer was 25 degrees below zero, at Boucherville, Canada, on the 15th inst.
  Albany Advertiser
  Albany, New York
  March 1, 1817
  
• 1832 - BOUCHERVILLE,
  seigniory, on the S. side of the St. Lawrence is in the co. of Chambly; bounded W. by the fief Tremblay, E. by the S. of Varennes and by Montarville in the rear. 114 arpents in front by two leagues in depth. Granted, 3d Nov. 1672, to Seiur Boucher and now belongs to Madame Boucherville. - The... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1834 - 94 Degrees
  At Boucherville, the fashionable watering place of Lower Canada, fifteen miles from Montreal, the mercury, on Sunday last stood in the shade, at 94 degrees.
  Spectator
  New York
  July 21, 1834
  
• 1838 - November 13 - Lower Canada Rebellion - Boucherville rebels disperse on the arrival of the militia
  
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• 1843 - Awful Conflagration the Village of Boucherville in Ashon
  At the late fire at Boucherville, near Montreal, 52 houses, besides other buildings, were destroyed. Before the fire, it was one of the prettiest villages on the banks of the St. Lawrence.
  
  Republican Farmer
  Connecticut
  June 27, 1843
  
  
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• In 1856, Boucherville divided into 2 distinct municipalities: village and parish.
  
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• 1873
  BOUCHERVILLE, an incorporated village in Chambly co., Que., prettily situated on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, 9 miles from Montreal. It has a telegraph office and several stores. Pop. 767.
  Lovell's gazetteer of British North America; J. Lovell; Montreal, 1873
  
• 1890 - September 10, 1890 - Charles Berger discovers gold at Boucherville.
  
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• 1895 - Boucherville
  Boucherville, boo'shair'veel', a village in Chambly co., Quebec, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Montreal. Pop. 767.
  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
  
• 1916
  Boucherville, boo'shairvveel', a village of Chambly co., Quebec, on the S. shore of the St. Lawrence, 9 miles below Montreal. Pop. in 1901, 940.
  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
  
• In 1956, the parish lots with frontage on the St Lawrence River rejoined the village and a year later Boucherville was incorporated as a city
  
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• In 1963, the remaining territory of the municipality of the parish and the city of Boucherville merged.
  
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• In 2002, Boucherville lost its municipal status when it was amalgamated into the new city of Longueuil.
  
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