Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier () is a municipality in the
Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the
Jacques-Cartier River valley. It is home to the
Canadian Forces Base Valcartier
Canadian Forces Base Valcartier (CFB Valcartier), now re-designated 2 Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier (2 CDSB Valcartier), is a Canadian Forces base located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, north northwest of Quebe ...
since World War I.
History
In 1647,
Robert Giffard de Moncel
Robert Giffard de MoncelMoncel is the name place one km south of Autheil, (c. 1587 – 14 June 1668) was a Perche-based surgeon and apothecary who became New France's first colonizing seigneur.
Initial voyages
As a naval surgeon, Giffard mad ...
was granted the Saint-Gabriel seignory that became property of the Jesuits in 1667 and Crown property in 1800. Around 1816,
John Neilson (1776-1848), together with
Andrew Stuart and Louis Moquin, Quebec lawyers, obtained some 50 concessions in the Saint-Gabriel seignory. This marked the start of the Val-Cartier settlement that was intended to receive Irish and Scottish colonizers.
In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was formed when it was detached from Sainte-Catherine(-de-la-Jacques-Cartier) and Charlesbourg. In 1845, the Municipality of Valcartier was created in 1845 but abolished in 1847. The Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was officially established in 1855, then divided in 1862 into two municipalities: Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.
In 1985, Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier were merged again to form the current municipality.
Demography
Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,124 (total dwellings: 1,204)
List of mayors
Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-Ouest
* 1878-1881 : Patrick Cosgrove
* 1881-1882 : Ulric Gauvreau
* 1882-1884 : Thomas Brown
* 1884-1887 : James Burns
* 1887-1890 : Thomas Brown
* 1890-1895 : Samuel Clark
* 1895-1903 : Thomas Brown
* 1903-1909 : Lawrence Corrigan
* 1909-1911 : James Bowles
* 1911-1924 : Robert Hayes
* 1924-1930 : Thomas Knox
* 1931-1932 : Thomas Murphy
* 1932-1933 : James Clark
* 1933 : Albert Corrigan
* 1933-1941 : John Murphy
* 1941-1946 : John McCartney
* 1947-1955 : Cecil Rourke
* 1955-1961 : Simmons Crawford
* 1961-1967 : George Murphy
* 1967-1971 : John McCartney
* 1972-1985 : Donat Rouleau
Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
* 1878-1880 : Arthur Wolff (family of Lt. Colonel Alexander Joseph Wolff).
* 1881 : Thomas Dacres
* 1882 : William B. McBain
* 1883 : Francis Ireland
* 1884-1885 : William B. McBain
* 1886-1888 : Thomas Dacres
* 1889 : David B. McCartney
* 1890 : Charles Jack
* 1891-1896 : John McBain
* 1896-1903 : William B. McBain
* 1903-1905 : Lewis McBain
* 1905-1906 : Thomas Knox
* 1906-1908 : Andrew Brown
* 1908-1914 : Thomas Knox
* 1914-1923 : John McCartney
* 1923-1924 : William Neil
* 1924-1927 : Robert Goodfellow
* 1927-1936 : Alfred J. Hicks
* 1937-1940 : William Goodfellow
* 1941-1946 : Irvin Jack
* 1947-1948 : William Hicks
* 1949-1950 : Neilson McBain
* 1951-1961 : William Hicks
* 1961-1969 : Russel Paquet
* 1969-1988 : Lewis Jack
* 1988- : Brent Montgomery
Climate
See also
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List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
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Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale
Municipalities in Quebec