La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
1832 - STE. ANNE,

seigniory, in the co. of Champlain, with its 3 augmentations, is bounded N.E. by Les Grondines; S.W. by Ste. Marie and Batiscan; in the rear by waste lands and in front by the St. Lawrence... On the east side of the R. Ste. Anne and near the St. Lawrence is the Village of Ste. Anne, containing about 40 houses, a neat church 140 ft. by 60, a parsonage-house and a chapel; here are also a few shopkeepers and an inn with good accommodations, where the stage-coaches put up, and also a post-house. At the village is a ferry, where canoes and scows are always to be had for transporting travellers, carriages, &c., the river is here so shallow that large boats are shoved across with poles: the charge for each person is three-pence and one shilling for horse and carriage. The property of this ferry was granted in perpetuity by letters patent to the Hon. C. de Lanaudiere, his heirs, &c. Owing to the inundation during the spring, the main road from Quebec is father retired from the bank of the St. Lawrence at this place than at most others; it passes along the ride or eminence until it arrives near the village, where it resumes its usual direction. ON both sides of the river Ste. Anne there are roads that follow its course through several seigniories to the north-east. The manor-house, agreeably situated near the point formed by the Ste. Anne and the St. Lawrence, is surrounded by excellent gardens and many fine groups of beautiful trees. - There is one stone-built con-mill which drives 2 sets of stones...

Population 2,436
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 1
Carding-mills 1
Saw-mills 5
Potasheries 2
Medical men 2
Notaries 3
Shopkeepers 5
Taverns 2
Artisans 25

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

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