Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade () is a
municipality
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in the
Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality
Les Chenaux (meaning ''the channels'' in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawr ...
, in the
Mauricie
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region
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of the
province
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of
Quebec
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in
Canada
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. The town is located near the mouth of the
Sainte-Anne River
The Sainte-Anne River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, whose mouth is located at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. This river flows in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the administrative regions of:
* Capitale-Nationale: ...
along the ''
Chemin du Roy
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'', a historic segment of
Quebec Route 138
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that stretches from near
Montreal
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to
Quebec City
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.
It is the world capital of
Tommy Cod fishing. During Tommy Cod season, generally from late December to mid-February, thousands of tourists come to Sainte-Anne for
ice fishing
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Shelters
Longer ...
and a small fishing village is built on the frozen waters of the Sainte-Anne River that bisects the town.
The centrepiece of the town is the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Church, a Catholic church near the banks of the Sainte-Anne River, modelled after the
Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal.
History
On October 29, 1672, an area of 1.5
lieue
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(about 4.8 km) by 1 lieue (about 3.2 km) deep at the Sainte-Anne River was granted by Intendant
Jean Talon
Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville (; January 8, 1626 – November 23, 1694) was a French colonial administrator who served as the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to ...
as a seignory to Edmond de Suève and Thomas Tarieu de Lanouguère (or Lanaudière). An increase of 3 lieues was granted to Marguerite Denis, widow of Thomas Tarieu, by
Governor Frontenac and Intendant Champigny on March 4, 1697. The islands were added to the seignory on April 6, 1697, and confirmed on October 30, 1700. The order of January 8, 1710, dismissed the co-seigneur François Chorel de Saint-Romain d'Orvilliers and granted the islands to Pierre-Thomas Tarieu de la Pérade, son of Thomas Tarieu and husband of
Madeleine de Verchères
Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères ((); 3 March 1678 – 8 August 1747) was a woman of New France (modern Quebec) credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.
Early life
Madeleine's f ...
, a Quebec heroine who, at 14 years of age, successfully defended her parents' fort against a band of Iroquois. Following another increase granted in April 1735 to Pierre-Thomas Tarieu, the Sainte-Anne-De La Pérade Seignory came to be named after him.
In 1693, the Parish of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade was formed. In 1820, the post office opened. In 1845, the parish municipality was established, abolished two years later during provincewide municipal restructuring, and reestablished in 1855. In 1912, the village itself separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of La Pérade.
In May 1989, the village and parish municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. On December 31, 2001, it was transferred from the
Francheville Regional County to the new
Les Chenaux Regional County, following the creation of the new
City of Trois-Rivières and the dissolution of the Francheville RCM.
Demographics
Population trend:
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
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, 2001
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, 2006
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, 2011
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census
* Population in 2011: 2072 (2006 to 2011 population change: 4.1%)
* Population in 2006: 1991
* Population in 2001: 2151
* Population in 1996: 2181
* Population in 1991: 2213
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 954 (total dwellings: 1019)
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 0.5%
* French as first language: 99.5%
* English and French as first language: 0%
* Other as first language: 0%
Notable natives
*
Joe Bryere
Joseph O.A. "Joe" Bryere (1859 – 1941), was a guide in the Adirondacks and a noted woodworking artist whose style played a significant role in creating the rustic, “Adirondack look” we know today. Along with Ernest Stowe, Seth Pierce, George ...
*
François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel
François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel (April 28, 1838 – January 17, 1890) was a politician in Quebec, Canada.
Background
He was born on April 28, 1838, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie.
Member of the legislature
Trudel was elected as a Co ...
See also
*
Charest River
The Charest River takes its source in Charest Lake, in the sector Montauban-les-Mines, in the extreme East of the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, located in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauri ...
*
Sainte-Anne River
The Sainte-Anne River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, whose mouth is located at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. This river flows in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the administrative regions of:
* Capitale-Nationale: ...
*
Saint-Anne Seignorial Estate
References
Further reading
* ''Répertoire des mariages – Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 1684-1900'', written by Dominique Campagna, 162 pages
External links
Municipalité de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade, Quebec
Incorporated places in Mauricie
Municipalities in Quebec
Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality