Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1832 - The Parish of St. Joachim, Cote de Beaupre,

by a regulation made Sept. 20, 1721, confirmed by a decree of the council of state, March 3, 1722, extends 1 1/ 2 leagues along the St. Lawrence from Cap Tourmente E. to the R. Ste. Anne, W. and N. - This is one of the most beautiful parishes in Lower Canada; it is thickly inhabited and the lands are of good quality and in high cultivation, producing wheat and other grain very plentifully; it contains also some very luxuriant pasturage. Nearly all the farms in this parish were conceded prior to 1759, each extending 2 or 3 arpents in front by 1 1/ 2 league in depth, subject to a quit-rent of about 2 livres old currency per front arpent...

The parochial church has nothing remarkable in its exterior,, but the interior is decorated in the most elegant manner, and it would be difficult to select a parish in all the province whose inhabitants excel those of St. Joachim in social, moral, and religious duties. - In this parish, delightfully situated on a rising ground, at a short distance from Cap Tourmente, is a charming country residence called le Couteau Fortin, with a chapel and various outbuildings, belonging to the seminary of Quebec, to which many of the superiors retire every year during the summer. - From 150 to 200 barrels of eels are caught by the inhabitants of this P. and at les Caps.

Population 689

A Topographical Dictionary of The Province of Lower Canada by Joseph Bouchette, Esq., London, 1832

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