Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)
1832 - RIGAUD,

seigniory, in the co. of Vaudreuil, is bounded E. by the S. of Vaudreuil; W. by the province line; in the rear by the T. of Newton; in front by the Ottawa and the Lake of Two Mountains. - 3 leagues in front by 3 in depth. Granted, Oct. 29 1732, to Sieurs de Cavagnal and Rigaud: the present proprietor is W. Bingham, Esq. - A very fertile soil runs through the whole of this grant, and where cultivated is found well adapted to grain and pulse of all sorts. Two thirds of the S. are settled, and the remainder is in standing wood. There are 9 concessions, containing 266 farms; 5 concessions are in the upper end of the S., 3 in the lower end, and one in the intervening space: there are also 35 emplacemens. The farms are 3 and 4 arpents by 16 and 20. The unconceded lands are not surveyed and have no roads across them. This S. is watered by the rivers a la Graisse and Raquette; the former is at all times navigable from the Ottawa up to the fall, which greatly contributes to the advantage of the settlers on each side of it; the latter is not navigable. - The timber is maple in the front, and on the Rigaud Mountain beech, birch and poplar, on its summit pine and hemlock; in the rear of the S. maple, ash, elm and poplar, with some white oak and white pine... Rigaud Parish is of late erection, and is already very extensive, but capable of great augmentation; it extends to Schniders, 1 1/ 2 league in the S. of Vaudreuil. It contains 8 houses built of stone. The village consists of 17 houses, a church and a specious presbytery. The men are chiefly voyageurs, active, resolute and enterprising: those who follow agricultural pursuits are comparatively few. One-third of the produce of the S is consumed by the inhabitants, the other parts are sold.

Population 2,831
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Village 1
Corn-mills 1
Saw-mills 1
Potasheries 9
Pearlasheries 6
Just. of peace 1
Medical men 1
Shopkeepers 5
Taverns 11
Artisans 27

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

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