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and bounded by other trees large cross made along iceux with axes ... And towards
Brother Malherbe, made several good acts of possession, pulling weeds and throwing stones, and finally a true possessor accustomed to. And that and everything above it required that we act we granted him to serve him and argue and reason ... Guillaume de La Rue and Adrien Guillot, two citizens of Cape Town, were witnesses to the act.
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the 17th century, land concessions were granted to pioneers along the eastern side of the
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282:. He immediately erected a stately mansion located on the tip of the mouth of the Champlain River. He also built a small chapel to serve several settler families already established in the area. The Lord of the designated "Latouche Champlain" land, Estienne Pezard, was assigned the rights in 1664 on two areas and 34 blocks of land grants in 1664 and 1665.
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Said deed is a reminder of the concession contract of 13 March 1639 granted the
Jesuits and further defines the territory of the manor. The author of the act says "have carried on said place with Mr. Saule (sic) Boivin which, in our presence, surveyed the said lands and around ycelles cut large trees
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in confined or fourth "lieues" in the beyond ... to enjoy full stronghold faith and homage, high, middle and low justice ... and when the said piece of land will be cultivated will be required to give the
Fathers said Mr. Abbot and his heirs a silver cross value of sixty soil tournaments and twenty
329:(Veillet River). With the expansion of colonization, the authorities opened other rows for the colonization, moving away from rivers. In the seigneurie of Batiscan, three areas suitable for agriculture were: the valley near the river, the upper valley of the Rivière à Veillet and northern moraine.
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Given the handover in 1663 of part of their land rights, concessions, and many small fiefdoms on the north bank of the river, the
Jesuits found themselves at risk of losing their right to use the seigneurie of Batiscan. Under these circumstances, the Jesuits mandated Bishop Francois Malherbe to
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approve 79 concessions. In the 18th century, the colonization effort involved two major phases: from 1705 to 1724 and from 1740 to 1760. Colonization north into pioneer zones north of the Saint-Narcisse moraine because lots below the moraine were fully settled. Today this area is included in
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British rule, colonization extended gradually up the Rivière des Envies. In 1833 an early settler stood near Lake Kapibouska. A Catholic mission, Saint-Just-de-Kapibouska, was established in 1851, and became the nucleus of the future parish of
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From 1666 to 1759, 246 acts of concessions have been listed in the seigneurie of
Batiscan. In 1760, the settlement reached 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the St. Lawrence River. The main periods of awarding concessions by the seigneurie of Batiscan were:
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in width (approximately 32.48 kilometres (20.18 mi)) along the shore of the St. Lawrence River, by twenty "lieues" (about 64.96 kilometres (40.36 mi)) north from the River. The territory included nearly all the land between the
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which was populated quickly, being close to Trois-Rivières. The
Jesuits claimed to be entitled to exploit the north bank of the river between the Rivers of Trois-Rivières and Batiscan. However, their right to the territory of the future
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A "lieue" is a unit of length formerly used in Europe and
America. A "lieue" was a unit of length equal to the distance that a man can go on foot in an hour. For example, the former lieue in Paris (before 1674) is 10,000 feet or 3.248
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years for recognition without Fathers can qu'iceux Estre received his faith and homage to the said fief if deus the said Lord, since he can not do that there is nobody in this country to meet for the said Sieur de la Madeleine ... "
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The archives of the seigneurie of Batiscan 1677–1823 are preserved in the archives of Montreal Central Library and Archives Fund of the Lordship of Batiscan 1677–1823 (P220) – Library and Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
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whose civil registers opened in 1787. In the middle of the 18th century (the end of French rule), the seigneurie of Batiscan ceased to exist and its population was included in the manors north of
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According to reports of the earthquake of 5 February 1663, Native American and some French were living in the seigneurie of Batiscan. This earthquake could significantly alter the relief in the
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750:. This book, which deals with the retail land in 1664 and 1665 paints a portrait of the life of each of the new settlers and the stronghold of the manor, situated and each of their lands.
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signed an order authorizing the construction of a church in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan on a piece of land belonging to Jean Veillet, a unique ancestor of all Veillet/te of America.
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The territory of the seigneurie of Batiscan was granted to Jesuits by a deed dated 13 March 1639 by their protector in France, Sir Jacques de la Ferté priest, counsellor,
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and Saint-Stanislas). The seigneurial system ended in 1854. In the 1980s, colonization continued to the north along the Batiscan River after the
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officially take possession of the manor of Batiscan, by signing a deed with the notary Laurent Portal, a tax attorney for the Jesuits, to
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The seigneurie of Champlain, related to the west to the seigneurie of Batiscan, was granted on 8 August 1664 and the new lord was
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attacks, and lacking resources, the Jesuits delayed the operation of the seigneurie of Batiscan. In 1651, they opened up the
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who had settled there. Obtaining the grant of such a seigneurie, the Jesuits' goal was to convert the
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