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The Government of Trois-Rivières was one of three administrative divisions of the French colony of
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from 1643 to 1764, the other two being the Government of
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and Government of
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. At the time of the
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, the colony was divided into five individual governments: one in
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, one in Quebec City, one in Montreal, one in
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and one in
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. Each of these regions was known as a government because it was headed by a governor. The Government of Trois-Rivières was the smallest of the three governments of the
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in both area and population.


History

It does not seem to act promulgating the creation of the three governments of
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under the French regime (1608-1763). In this, the model here is similar to that of
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. At that time, the valley of the St. Lawrence consisted of three population centres:
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(from 1608),
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(from 1634) and
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(from 1642). It then became necessary to create three governments. In
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, the first captain to hold the title of governor Francis Champflour in 1643. Thus appeared the three governments of
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had only one permanent establishment, the position of
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. Manors had been granted around (Hertel fief in 1633, Godefroy fief in 1633, lordship
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in 1634 lordship of La Madeleine in 1636, Godefroy de Lintot fief in 1637, Dutort lordship in 1637,
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in 1639), while others were projected (fief de l'Arbre à-la-Croix in 1644, Marsolet fief in 1644). Despite several attempts, no one lived in these lordships because of the Iroquois threat, it was not until 1665 with the arrival of the
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. The center of the Government of Trois-Rivières will begin on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River from
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
down to the east, probably for the sole reason that the rest of the country was in a flood zone.
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
is the first occupied, followed by
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little after 1640, the Champlain from 1664 or 1665, the Batiscan to 1666 and
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from 1667. In 1648, the governor of
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became a member of the
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, created the previous year. In 1651, the Government of
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
has a
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(court), which like back in France, the post of high judge was held by a civil officer called a Lieutenant-General. The government of
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
was maintained by the British during the military regime (1760-1764), with the difference that during this period, each government is autonomous and was not submitted to the Quebec Governor. Each government resorted to a currency of a different course, and required a passport for entry and exit. The two boundaries separating the three governments were a crossing equipped with a garrison: one in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Joliette, between the Governments of
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and
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, and the other Maskinongé, between governments of
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
and
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. The government of
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was abolished on 10 August
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, when the British replaced the three governments with two districts, one in
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and the other
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. The
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marked the division between the two districts.


Territory

The government of
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
extended from
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to Maskinongé on the north shore of the
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, and Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets to Yamaska on the south shore. It was the closest of the three government contracts. In the north, it extended vaguely to land surrounding the
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, and south to
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. These limits had not been set at the creation of the government in 1643. The size of the government was expanded for the area of the
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
government extending between that of the
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and the Government of Montreal. Its territory corresponds to the current regions of the
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and
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. It also included the eastern part of the
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.


Lordships

The Government of
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had up to 51
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and lordships. Thirty-four (34) lordships on the North Shore: 1. Sainte-Anne-East 2. Sainte-Anne-West 3. Sainte-Marie 4. Batiscan 5. Champlain 6.
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7-10. Islands of Saint-Maurice (Island Pigs or Pottery, St. Kitts, St. Joseph Island, Trinidad and Saint-Quentin) 11. Hertel 12. High-Boc 13. Niverville 14 Commune. 15. Coteau St. Louis 16. Sainte-Marguerite 17. Jesuits 18. Vieuxpont 19. Labadie 20. Boucher 21. Tonnancour 22. Saint-Maurice 23. Gastineau 24. Robert 25. Grosbois East 26. Grosbois West 27. Dumontier 28. Grandpre 29. Rivière-du-Loup 30. St. John 31. Maskinongé 32. Carufel 33. Dusablé 34. Lac Maskinongé Seventeen (17) lordships on the south shore: 35. Yamaska 36. St. Francis 37. Lussaudière 38. Pierreville 39. Deguire 40. Baie-du-Febvre 41. Courval 42. Nicolet 43. Ile Moras 44. Roquetaillade 45. Godefroy 46. Marie Island 47. Bécancour 48. Dutort 49. Cournoyer 50. Gentilly 51. Lévrard Out of 51 of these lordships, there were only two stately homes on the north shore (Cap-de-la-Madeleine and Niverville), and one on the south shore (Lévrard). As for the manorial mills, there remained only three on the north shore (Commune, Pointe-du-Lac Saint-Jean) and one on the south shore (Gentilly).


Parishes

From 1608 to 1764, these 51 manors, appeared eighteen (18) parishes and two missions. Eleven (11) parishes on the North Shore: 1. Sainte-Anne 2. Batiscan 3.
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4. Champlain 5.
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6.
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7. Les Forges 8.
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9. Yamachiche 10. Rivière-du-Loup 11. Maskinongé Seven (7) parishes and two Native American missions on the south side: 12. Yamaska 13. Saint-François-du-lac 14. Mission St. Francis (current Odanak) 15. Baie-du-Febvre 16. Nicolet 17. Bécancour 18. Mission Bécancour (current Wolinak) 19. Gentilly 20. Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets Each of these twenty parishes had its church and rectory. There are only two churches dating from the French regime (
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1715 and Recollects Anglicans-1754) and no parsonage. If the buildings no longer exist, there are works of art of this period in Sainte-Anne, Batiscan, Champlain,
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,
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, Maskinongé, Saint-François-du-Lac and Gentilly.


Organisation

A series of high and minor officials was appointed to assume the organization of each government. In particular governor (in Quebec, it was the Governor General), and a king's lieutenant to attend a sub-delegated steward (the commissary or the Commissioner of the Navy or the general-voyer or warehouseman), a staff, guards for the governor and main building, with a Court of Justice judge (called a Lieutenant-General, not to be confused with the military rank of the same name), assistant prosecutor, clerk, notary, judge a castle to house the governor and his staff. Officers Staff have real rights and honorary rights.


Governors

To ensure the unity of the colony, individual governors of Trois-Rivières and Montreal were in effect subordinate to the Governor General so that they were, in fact, Lieutenant Governors. The first to hold the title is Governor Francis Champflour in 1643. Those above on the list bore the title of captain.


Lieutenants of the King (Lieutenants de roi)

According to Pierre-Georges Roy, "The King's lieutenants were individual lieutenant-governors. They occupied most of the military part of the troops and fortifications and suppléaient governors in their absence". * Jacques L'Hermitte, March 10, 1715 * François Mariaucheau of Esgly, April 23, 1726 * Claude-Michel Begon, February 6, 1731 * François de Gannes de Falaise, April 1, 1732 * Louis Lienard de Beaujeu, May 31, 1743 * Peter Knight of Saint-Ours, February 1748 * Michel de Gannes de Falaise, April 1, 1752 * Charles Joseph Ailleboust, April 1, 1754 * Pierre-Jacques Chavoy Noyan, April 1, 1756 * Nicolas-Joseph Novels Fleurimont, on January 1, 1759


Majors

According to Pierre-Georges Roy, majors " were in charge of the police troops and saw the details of the military administration." * Lambert Boucher de Grandpre, 1692 * Louis de la Porte de Louvigny, April 29, 1700 * Michel Godefroy de Linctot, April 1, 1702 * Raymond Blaise des Bergeres, May 5, 1710 * Joseph Dejordy Cabanac, June 18, 1712 * Jean-Louis Horn, 12 May 1714 * François Mariaucheau of Esgly, January 2, 1716 * François Moreau Desjordy Cabanac, May 7, 1720 * François de Gannes de Falaise, 11 April 1727 * Constant Lemarchand of Lignery, March 16, 1728 * Jacques-Charles Renaud Dubuisson, April 1, 1733 * François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, May 1741 * Nicolas-Antoine Coulon de Villiers, February 1748 * Nicolas-Joseph Fleurimont Noyelles, June 1754 * Charles Sabrevois, on January 1, 1759


Castles of the Governor

* 1643-1652, Fort or Housing Plato built in 1636, the second peak of
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. It consisted of two main buildings, a shop and a platform. It was located at the southern tip of Plato. This is where
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signed his orders before 1653. * 1653-1655, Maison Pierre Boucher: location acquired in 1653 on Saint-Pierre * 1655-1677, Place du Gouverneur location acquired by Pierre Boucher 1655 to accommodate the place of the governor. His son René Gaultier de Varennes lived there until 1677 or 1679. It was located at the corner of present streets Barracks and Ursulines. This is the current Place Pierre-Boucher. * 1677-1693, Varennes House built between 1677 and 1679, the house was demolished Varennes in 1714 or shortly after. It was the residence of the governors René Gaultier de Varennes 1677/79, 1689, then
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from 1690 to 1693. It was located at the rear of the current Anglican church. It was a wooden house on a floor. La Verendrye Park, which now occupies the site of this house is part of the archaeological site CCFD-20. This part of the site CCFD-20 was the subject of six archaeological operations: 1983 (Cardinal and McGain 1984), 2003 (2004 Archéotec) in September 2009 (Gilbert 2010) in September 2010 (Gilbert 2011) in September 2011 (Gilbert 2012) and September 2012 (Gilbert, to paraîte 2013). * 1693-1723, Governors Residence: in 1693, the Governor
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built the new governor's residence in 1693 on the Plato site current post office. * 1723-1764, Plato Castle: Built in 1723 by Chaussegros Lery on the same site as the residence in 1693 it was destroyed by fire in 1908. This house was called "king's house" because it belonged to the state, or "Castle of Plato". Governor Haldimand, who renovation, let it "the most beautiful garden of Canada".
Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, ''History of New France'', volume 10, ''The military regime and disappearance of
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, 1759-1764'',
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, Fides, 1999, p. 41()


Staff of the castle

* Heather John, secretary of government, from 1760 to October 1763 * Conrad Gugy, Secretary of Government, from October 1763 to 1764


Captain of the garrison of Trois-Rivières

* Pézard Étienne de la Touche, until June 20, 1664 * Captain Arnault Tarey, Sieur de Laubias, commander of the garrison, he arrived in Trois-Rivières in September 1665 until June 10, 1668 * Jacques Labadie commanded the garrison of Trois-Rivières, with the rank of Sergeant, 16 November 1671 (1684 Jette ?). Arcouet Jean dit Lajeunesse is one of the soldiers of the garrison of Trois-Rivières in 1671 * The garrison has one officer and seven soldiers in 1685. * Louis-François de Galifet commander in 1689-1691Armour Landry, Brides history, Public Good, 1933, page 47 (of Trois Pages, Series A, No. 1).


Population


See also

*
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* List of Governors of Quebec * Government of Montreal *
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References


Annexes


Bibliography

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Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, Number 7, June 1997, pages 6-11 (ISSN, 1187-2713). * Pierre-Georges Roy, ''Officers Staff governments of Quebec, Montreal and
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
: under French rule'', Lévis (Quebec), sn, 1919 * Pierre-Georges Roy, "Census of the inhabitants of the town and government of Three Rivers (to 1760)", ''Report of the Archivist of the Province of Quebec for the year 1946-1947'', Quebec, Redempti Paradis, 1946, pp. 5–53
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* Guy Trépanier, ''Three Rivers, Historic District Study of archaeological potential'',
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the City of
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, 1981 *
Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, ''New France by text, frames of life'', Montreal, HMH, 2003 (Les Cahiers du Quebec, QC 134 History Collection) (). *
Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, ''History of New France'', volume 10, ''The military regime and the disappearance of New France, 1759-1764'', Montreal, Fides, 1999 (). *
Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, ''Atlas of New France'', Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1973 (). *
Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, ''Introduction to New France'', Montreal, Editions Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. () *
Marcel Trudel Marcel Trudel (May 29, 1917 – January 11, 2011) was a Canadian historian, university professor (1947–1982) and author who published more than 40 books on the history of New France. He brought academic rigour to an area that had been ma ...
, ''The military regime in the government of
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
1760-1764'',
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
, Éditions du Bien Public, 1952 (Regional History Collection, No. 8)


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* Jacques Viger, military Reign in Canada, 1870, pages 145-307
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