Lauzon is a former city in southern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada, located on the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

northeast of Lévis. Founded in 1867 as a village it became a town in 1910, Lauzon had a population of about 14,500 when it merged with Lévis in 1989. The then-amalgamated city had the name of Lévis-Lauzon for about one year in 1991, before merging again and changing its name for good to Lévis.

History

In 1867, Lauzon was named for

Jean de Lauzon Jean de Lauzon or de Lauson (; 2 January 1586 – 16 February 1666) was the governor of New France from 1651 to 1657, one of the most challenging times for the new colony. He also was born into being the lord of Lirec. As a prominent lawyer in ...

, Governor of New France from 1651 to 1656. The area was once part of the

Seignory In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. '' Nulle terr ...

of Lauzon creating in 1636 and later named St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy''.

Economy

One of Lauzon's former largest employers was a

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

operated by

Davie Shipbuilding Davie Shipbuilding is a historic shipbuilding company located in Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. The facility is now operating as Chantier Davie Canada Inc. and is the oldest continually operating shipbuilder in North America. History The Davie shipyard ...

. Davie's Champlain

dry dock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

is currently the largest in Canada. The Davie Shipyard is now home to Chantier Davie Canada Incorporated. Other employers include: * Cimetière Mont-Marie - opened in 1888 * FritoLay Canada * Galeries du Vieux-Fort - shopping mall with 40 stores * Multi-Marques Master Bakers (Canada Bread)

Transportation

* rue Saint Joseph - road travels along and near the south shore of the

* rue Monseigneur-Bourget - connects rue Saint Joseph with

Autoroute Jean-Lesage Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the A-25 interchange to the A-8 ...

and named for

Ignace Bourget Ignace Bourget (October 30, 1799 – June 8, 1885) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec, in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several cou ...

, former Bishop of Montreal and was born in nearby St. Joseph Parish

Climate

References

Neighbourhoods in Lévis, Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1989 Former municipalities in Quebec 1867 establishments in Quebec {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub