Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)
1832 - The Parish of Cap Sante

comprehends the S. of Portneuf, the S. of D'Auteuil, and parts of Jacques Cartier and Neuville. In this parish are 6 ranges of concessions in different directions. With the exception of Anse de Portneuf, the land of which is excellent, the soil of this parish is of indifferent quality. The roads in general are good. Horses chiefly are used for agriculture. There are 3 schools, 2 public and 1 private, each having from 20 to 30 children. - The small Village of Cap Sante is built at the foot of a hill on the shore of the St. Lawrence; it contains about 25 houses, and the church, standing nearly on the point of the cape, is a handsome building, usually attracting a stranger's notice by its exterior ornaments as well as interior decoration... Near the church is a parsonage-house and a group of other houses surrounding it, forming almost a tolerably sized village... In this parish there is no want of young persons who would be proper for making new settlements, but some have not the manes and others have not the inclination...

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

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