Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)
1832 - GRONDINES, les,

seigniory, in the co. of Portneuf, is bounded S.W. by the S. of Ste. Anne and its augmentation; N.E. by La Tesserie; in the rear by the projected T. of Alton and waste lands of the crown; in front by the St. Lawrence. - Granted in three parts, viz. the W. part, one league in front by ten in depth, 20th Mar., 1638, to the Duchess d'Aiguillon for Les Dames Hospitalieres of the Hotel Dieu of Quebec; the E. part, 3/ 4 l. in front by 3 l. in depth, 3rd Nov., 1672, to the poor of that hopsital; the aug. to the E. part, 2 l. in depth by 3/ 4 l. in front, 25th Apr., 1711, to Louis Hamelin: the whole is now the property of Mr. Charret. - Throughout the greater part of these grants the soil is indifferent; a thin layer of poor earth upon a sold bed of stone: here and there a few patches of better quality may be found, and all the known lands on the Grondines' side of the rapid of the R. Ste. Anne are of good quality. - Five concessions have been conceded and part of another; the first 4 are cultivated and the first 3 settled. - A small ridge extends across the S. near the front, between which and the St. Lawrence there is very good meadow land. - The timber is of inferior quality. - The principal settlements lie on the main road just beneath the ridge and on the R. Ste. Anne. The soil and timber in general are barely above mediocrity, yet there are some well cultivated farms, owing to the industry of the occupiers rather than to the fertility of the soil. Somewhat more than a fourth part is under culture. - This S. is very well watered by the Ste. Anne, the Blanche, and the Batiscan which traverses its N. extremity, also by a small river in the front that falls into the St. Lawrence; the last turns a corn and a saw-mill. - This S. has a church and a parsonage-house, but the service is performed by the cure of a neighbouring parish. - The main road crosses the S. near its front: a road ascends the Ste. Anne on each side and another leads to the back concessions. In the St. Lawrence the extensive shoal, called Les Battures des Grondines, stretches along the front. There are two small fiefs in this S. called Francehville, which, by default of inheritance, have reverted to the crown.

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

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