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Roads, streets, bridges, waterworks and place names — how the seigneury was drawn on the ground.

13 articles

  1. The municipal water system, from then to nowSeptember 22, 2026 · written by Rénald Paquin and Gilles Marchand · 5 min read · WaterworksFrom the wooden pipe of 1850 to today’s plastic: the municipality buying the system back in 1965, the spring in the 5th rang, the filtration of the 2000s and the works of 2021 to 2024.
  2. A Trois-Rivières Bridge Runs Aground at St-Pierre-les-BecquetsSeptember 25, 2018 · written by Alain Manset · 3 min read · Roads and highwaysCarried off by the ice in 1836, the Saint-Maurice bridge broke up and its debris ran aground at Saint-Pierre; the notary Méthot sold it at auction in 1837 for 7 pounds, 7 shillings and 7 pence.
  3. Diversion of the main road at St-PierreFebruary 6, 2018 · written by Alain Manset · 2 min read · Roads and highwaysIn 1898 the municipal council of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets moved the main road south of the houses threatened by landslides on the cliff; Adeline Monpas obtained a change to the route.
  4. The Mill That Became a WaterworksApril 9, 2017 · written by Jocelyne Lafond · 8 min read · WaterworksFrom lot 419 in the fifth rang, the Moulin des Sources passed from Frédéric Boulanger to the Barabés, who built a waterworks in 1903; the sawmill ran until 1961 and the spring still supplies users.
  5. The Oldest House in the SeigneuryMarch 23, 2017 · written by Jocelyne Lafond · 3 min read · Houses and other buildingsA stone house on lot 120, built between the 1772 grant to Jean-Baptiste Lafond and the 1793 inventory that describes it; sold, abandoned, then restored after 1971.
  6. Call for InformationJuly 19, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 1 min read · Houses and other buildingsA tintype from the early 1900s, given by Hélène Demers: a prosperous owner, his wife and five children outside a house with a veranda that no one has yet identified.
  7. The Origin of the Names of Our SeigneuryMay 26, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 4 min read · Place namesSaint-Pierre, Sainte-Cécile, Sainte-Sophie and the seigneury’s nine rangs: where their names come from, from Gilles Masson to Adélaïde Moras, and why the seigneurs’ given names were “sanctified”.
  8. Water MainsMay 25, 2015 · written by Claudette Fournier · 5 min read · WaterworksFrom wooden pipe to metal pipe: the St-Pierre water main passed from Ernest Dion’s private network in 1894 to the municipality in 1956, with the 1919 rates and obligations for users.
  9. The Post OfficesMay 25, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 3 min read · CommunicationsPostmasters of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard and Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard from 1832 onward: terms of office, the address of each office and its lot number.
  10. Rue Narcisse-BeaudetMay 22, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 2 min read · Roads and highwaysThe first mayor of Saint-Pierre, in office from 1855 to 1858, gave his name to the street serving the Des-Jardins-les-Becquets residence; the Society traces his life from his birth in 1810 to his death in 1893.
  11. René-Pinot Street (Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets)May 22, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 2 min read · Roads and highwaysRené Pinot, known as Laperle, of the second family to settle at Saint-Pierre: his land appears on the 1709 Catalogne map, and the 1710 birth of his son Claude seems to be the first there.
  12. The Railways in the Seigneury of Lévrard-BecquetMay 22, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 2 min read · CommunicationsIn 1906, Liguori Béique merged three companies into the Quebec, Montreal and Southern Railway, whose terminus stopped at Fortierville; the line never paid its way and the C.N. abandoned it in 1940.
  13. Méthot and Siméon-Charland StreetsMay 22, 2015 · written by Alain Manset · 2 min read · Roads and highwaysRue Méthot recalls two unrelated men, the notary Antoine-Prosper and the member for Nicolet François-Xavier-Alfred-Ovide; rue Siméon-Charland, the tinsmith appointed fire officer in 1873.

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