Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)
1832 - ST. HYACINTHE,

seigniory, in the co. of St. Hyacinthe, is bounded N.E. by St. Ours, Bourchemin and De Ramsay; S.W. by the aug. to Monnoir and the T. of Farnham; N.W. by Rouville, St. Charles, and St. Denis; S.E. by Milton and Granby. - 6 leagues in front by 6 in depth, being 3 leagues on each side of the R. Yamaska. Granted Sept. 23, 1748, to Sieur F. Rigaud, seigneur de Vaudreuil, and now belongs to Mons. Desolles and the Hon. P. D. Debartzch. - The local situation of this extensive grant renders it a most valuable and highly improvable property. So great an extent naturally embraces many varieties of soil, but the best kinds predominate, and the proportion below mediocrity is very trifling. The least improvable is towards the N. and N.E. sides, where the land is low and in some cases swampy; approaching Granby it rises and presents a valuable tract of rich dry soil...

There are 5 parishes, St. Hyacinthe, St. Cesaire, St. Damas, La Presentation and St. Pie. Although these parishes are tolerably well inhabited, there is only one village, called St. Hyacinthe, which is most conveniently situated on an angle, formed in the N.E. part by a large bend of the Yamaska; it contains nearly 200 houses, many of them built with stone or brick in a superior style, a large handsome church, a good parsonage-house, and a college or rather public school. Being in the main road, there is a continual influx of strangers travelling to and from the frontiers, for whose reception there are one or two respectable inns. The environs are most agreeably diversified with flourishing orchards, gardens, meadows, pastures and inclosures. A market is held twice a week. - 5 miles from the V. are the corn, saw and carding-mills of Mons. St. Ours. - Near the boundary line of Rouville is a mountain called Rougemont, which is similar to that of Beloeil though inferior in elevation and extent; it is adorned nearly to the summit with beautiful woods containing some fine timber.. The increase of settlements in this S. is retarded by the poverty of the grantees and the difficulty of making water-courses. Some of the inhabitants settle in the townships, although the neighbouring seigniories are not entirely conceded. - No lands were conceded prior to 1759, and the last concessions were granted on higher conditions than the preceding.

Population 7939
Churches, R.C. 1
Cures 1
Presbyteries 1
Convents 1
Colleges 1
Schools 1
Villages 1
Corn-mills 3
Carding-mills 1
Fulling-mills 1
Saw-mills 6
Tanneries 1
Potasheries 3
Pearlasheries 3
Just of Peace 3
Medical men 2
Notaries 3
Shopkeepers 7
Taverns 9
Artisans 30

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

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