Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)
1832 - VAUDREUIL,

seigniory, in the co. of Vaudreuil, is bounded N. by the Lake of Two Mountains; S. by Soulange; W. by Rigaud; E. by the narrow channel that separates it from Isle Perrot. - 4 leagues in front, and 1 1/ 2 league in the broadest part and half a league in its narrowest. Granted, Oct. 12, 1702, to Mr. de Vaudreuil, and is now the property of Robert Harwood, Esq. - This seigniory is in a very flourishing state; two thirds conceded in lots of 3 acres in front by 20 to 30 in depth, forming six different ranges, parallel to the Ottawa; the whole number of lots is 377, and of these 290 are in excellent cultivation. - This soil is good nearly throughout, and in many places of the best quality, producing grain and all the usual crops of the country. - Three small rivers, the Quinchien, Du Moulin and another stream, water it; in spring they are navigable for boats, but after the freshes have subsided even small canoes cannot work upon them. - Maple, elm, ash, birch, beech, white and yellow pine of superior quality, are found. - There is an extensive bed of iron ore in the Petite Cote, near the centre of the S.; it extends E.W> and S. about 10 miles. - Cloth, flannel and some linen are manufactured, of fine quality. - There are 20 orchards, and the soil is well adapted for the growth of fruit: the apples are excellent. The inhabitants rear poultry of all descriptions, and sell them in the S. of the Lake of Two Mountains. The butter is principally made by the English farmers, the habitans making scarcely sufficient for their own consumption...

On the bank of the river, about six miles from the Pointe des Cascades, is the pleasant village of Vaudreuil, containing 38 houses, all well built of wood, except one, which is stone., surrounding the church and parsonage-house, which are both of stone. There are however, many stone houses dispersed through the S. The seignorial, or manor-house, is situated on a well-chosen spot, near a small rapid, about 1 1/ 2 mile from the church; surrounded by some groves of elm, plane and linden trees, which with avenues and other plantations in the English style afford many very pleasing prospects. At a little distance from the manor-house are a corn-mill and a wind-mill...

Statistics of the Village of Vaudreuil
Houses 38
Churches 1
Presbyteries 1
Medical men 1
Notaries 2
Stores 3
Inns 3
Carpenters, &c. 3
Wheelwrights 2
Blacksmiths 2
Chair-makers 1

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

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