Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
1832 - NICOLET,

seigniory and augmentation, in the co. of Nicolet, is bounded N.E. by Roquetaillade; S.W. by Baie St. Antoine; in the rear by the T. of Wendover; in front by Lake St. Peter. - The original grant is 2 leagues in front by 2 in depth. Granted Oct. 29th, 1672, to Sieur de Laubia: the augmentation, 2 leagues in breadth by 3 in depth, with Isle de la Fourche, was granted Nov. 4th, 1680, to Sieur de Cresse. Both are now the property of Kenelm Connor Chandler, Esq. - The soil is not remarkably good, but industry has in some degree counteracted its natural defects...

The Village of Nicolet is pleasantly situated on the banks of the river, about a mile from its mouth; its appearance, whether approached by the river or by either of the roads, is calculated to attract the notice of a traveller, and offers inducements for visiting it sufficient to reapy an ordinary journey to the admires of nature's favoured spots. - This village, containing about 90 houses with a church in the centre, is remarkable for its beautiful situations on the side of a gentle aclivity, covered with... (the best timber in the seigniory)... Besides a roman catholic church, 140 ft. by 50 ft. decorated with some valuable paintings, there is a neat well-built protestant episcopal chapel, 50 ft. by 25 to 30 ft. In this village, about the beginning of the present century, a college for the education of youth was founded under the auspices of the then catholic bishop of Quebec...

Population 4,000
Churches R.C 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Colleges 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 2
Carding-mills 1
Fulling-mills 1
Saw-mills 5
Tanneries 1
Medical men 2
Notaries 3
Shopkeepers 4
Taverns 3
Artisans 27

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

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