History of Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

The woman known as "La Corriveau" was Marie-Josephte Corriveau (1733-1763).

Mrs. Marie Josephine (or Josephte) Corriveau, found guilty of the murder of her two husbands in 1763 and whose life has inspired numerous essays and works of fiction, lived and committed her crime in Saint-Vallier.

Mrs. Corriveau allegedly killed her first husband by pouring molten lead into his ear while he slept, like Hamlet's mother. The second husband was allegedly killed with a hammer. Rumor has it that she also killed five other people.

seigniory, in the co. of Bellechasse, is bounded N.E. by Berthier; S.W. by St. Michel; in the rear by the T. of Armagh. - About 1 1/ 4 league in breadth and about 4 leagues in depth, including the augmentation. It is the property of __ de Lanaudiere, Esq. - This seigniory is nearly as possible a counterpart of the adjoining S. of St. Michel, the quality of the soil and the varieties of timber differing only in a very slight degree; but the bank of the river St. Lawrence is much lower, and the rear part somewhat broken and rugged. There are 10 concession ranges laid out, 6 of which are settled, and 5 entirely, also 1/ 4 of the 7th. The whole is under cultivation except the domain and patches here and there; and between the 5th and 6th ranges is a rocky place called the Grand Cote unconceded. - The soil in the settled ranges is as follows: -

1st concession - white strong clay
2nd & 3rd do. - strong soil on clay
4th do. - white clay
5th do. - yellow and black soil
6th do. - strong...

ST. VALIER, a post village in Bellechasse co., Que., on the St. Lawrence, and on the G. T. R., 36 miles below Quebec. It contains 3 stores and a telegraph office. Bog iron ore is found in the vicinity. Pop. 300.

St Vallier. vil., Ouebec, co. Bellechasse, on R. St Lawrence, 24 m. by rail below Point Levis. P. of sub-dist. 1,372.