Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)
1832 - TONNANCOUR or POINTE DU LAC,

seigniory, in the co. of St. Maurice, is bounded N.E. by St. Marguerite and St. Maurice; S.W. by Gatineau; in front by Lake St. Peter and the St. Lawrence. - It contains fiefs Normanville and Souvaget., - 1 1/ 4 leagues in front by 2 in depth. Granted Nov. 3, 1734, to Sieur Rene Godefroi de Tonnancour. It now belongs to Madame Montour. - A reddish light soil on clay or marl spreads over the greater part of this seigniory; the front is sandy, flat and low, but towards the interior it gradually becomes better and higher, rising more abruptly towards the rear: flax flourishes well and the land is congenial to the growth of hemp. - All the grant is conceded in 7 ranges, of which 3 are entirely settled and a fourth in progress. The lands conceded prior to 1759 were rented at 20 sols per arpent and a capon. - The prevailing timber is maple, beech, ash, birch and some pine. - It is watered by part of the Petite Machiche, by the Riviere du Sable which turns 2 saw mills, by the R. St. Charles, on which are erected one saw-mill and a corn-mill, 2 stories high with 4 sets of stones, and by the R. au Glaise which drives a saw-mill and a carding and fulling-mill. Neither of these rivers is navigable, but on their banks are some good settlements, which with those along the front embrace about one-half of the grant. - The roads are generally fine and several pass through the interior; the main one crosses the front and runs along the St. Lawrence. - The Point du Lac is a large projection from the front of the seigniory, forming the N.E. extremity of Lake St. Peter: on this promontory are some remains of barracks that were erected for the accommodation of troops during the first American war...

Population 1,062
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 1
Carding-mills 1
Fulling-mills 1
Saw-mills 4
Shopkeepers 1
Taverns 2
Artisans 16
River-craft 1
Tonnage 10
Keel-boats 2

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

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