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Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

Coordinates: 46°35′N 72°12′W / 46.583°N 72.200°W / 46.583; -72.200
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Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Municipality
Sainte-Anne River, Sainte-Anne St., Presbytery and parish Church[1]
Sainte-Anne River, Sainte-Anne St., Presbytery and parish Church[1]
Motto(s): 
Unis dans la foi
("United in Faith")
Location within Les Chenaux RCM
Location within Les Chenaux RCM
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is located in Central Quebec
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°35′N 72°12′W / 46.583°N 72.200°W / 46.583; -72.200[2]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMauricie
RCMLes Chenaux
Settled1690s
ConstitutedMay 10, 1989
Government
 • MayorSuzanne Rompré[3]
 • Federal ridingSaint-Maurice—Champlain
 • Prov. ridingChamplain
Area
 • Total
129.50 km2 (50.00 sq mi)
 • Land109.28 km2 (42.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
2,031
 • Density18.6/km2 (48/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 0.6%
 • Dwellings
1,109
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0X 2J0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways
A-40
R-138
R-159
R-354
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Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t an də la peʁad]) is a municipality located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Les Chenaux RCM, Mauricie region, Quebec, Canada.[2]

Geography

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On the Sainte-Anne River, ice road

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade stretches on each side of the Sainte-Anne River, until its confluence with the St. Lawrence River.

The main accesses are the Félix-Leclerc highway[4] (Autotoure 40) and the Chemin du Roy that stretches from Montreal to Quebec City, a historic segment of Quebec Route 138. The Sainte-Anne River is no longer navigable since the silting caused by the Saint-Alban 1894 Landslide.[5]

The centerpiece of the municipality is the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade church, a Roman Catholic temple located at the intersection of rue Sainte-Anne and boulevard Lanaudière (Chemin du Roy or Route 138), facing the Sainte-Anne River (Les Chenaux), its architecture is inspired by that of the Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal).[6]

In 2021, Statistics Canada counted a population of 2,031 people and 978 private dwellings. The area of the municipality was 109.28 square km, the population density was 18.6 people per square kilometer.[7]

History

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On October 29, 1672, an area of 1.5 lieue by 1 lieue (around 4.8 km by 3.2 km) deep at the Sainte-Anne River was granted by Intendant Jean Talon 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, 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.[2][8]

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.[2]

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.[2]

Tommy cod fishing

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Ice fishing village on the Sainte-Anne River

In the heart of the village, as soon as the ice freezes in December, the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River becomes the world capital of Tommy Cod fishing. During Tommy Cod season, officially from the 26th of December to the 14th of February, thousands of tourists come to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade for ice fishing and a small fishing village is built on the frozen waters of the Sainte-Anne River which then forms a link between the shores.[9]

Environmental protection

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The Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade swamp is one of the last remaining large, treed swamps on the river. It extends along seven kilometres of shoreline in the Estuary of St. Lawrence. The swamp is home to several endangered species, including plants that are endemic to the freshwater estuary.[10][11]

Since 2008, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has participated in the restoration of 40 hectares of the Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade marsh, where 2,500 trees have been planted. In 2018, the project attempted to raise awareness among the local population of the richness of the environment and to encourage actions to protect it, including a conference on birds of prey, guided tour on the ornithology and entomology of the area, guided tour on the facilities favorable to wildlife, and school outings.[11]

Demographics

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Population trend:[12]

Year Population Population change Population change %
1991 2,213 N/A N/A
1996 2,181 -32 -1.46%
2001 2,151 -30 -1.39%
2006 1,991 -160 -8.04%
2011 2,072 +81 +4.07%
2016 2,019 -53 -2.63%
2021 2,031 +12 +0.59%

References

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  1. ^ "Church of Saint Anne" (in French). Directory of heritage cultural of Quebec. 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024. Includes photos of the ancient high altar, the paschal candlestick, the statue (The Education of the Virgin), the tabernacle
  2. ^ a b c d e "Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 16 November 1989. Retrieved 18 October 2024. ... the importance of the Sainte-Anne River, coupled with the presence of islands, bridges and canals as well as the local activity focused almost exclusively on the watercourse and its tributaries have earned the place the title of Canadian Venice.
  3. ^ "Mayor and Council Members". Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (in French). Municipality of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  4. ^ "Félix-Leclerc highway, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 12 December 1997. Retrieved 1 December 2024. won, in 1951, for his song Moi, mes souliers, the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles-Cros, he returned to Quebec, where his merits earned him the highest distinctions and numerous prizes, including the Order of Canada in 1968, the Calixa-Lavallée prize in 1975, the Denise-Pelletier prize in 1977 and the National Order of Quebec in 1985
  5. ^ J. W. Laverdière, Abbé (1936). "Annual report of the Quebec Bureau of Mines" (PDF). Gouvernement of Quebec. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests. p. 33. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal". 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024. The Basilica's heritage tells a story, the collective story of our ancestors who made the dream of one of the most important neo-Gothic architectural works a reality.
  7. ^ "Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Municipality, census population". Gouvernement of Canada. Statistics Canada. 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024. In 2021, the enumerated population of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (Municipalité), was 2,031, which represents a change of 0.6% from 2016. This compares to the provincial average of 4.1% and the national average of 5.2%.
  8. ^ "Seigneurie de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  9. ^ Guy-Paul Brouillette (1933-2018) (16 July 2004). "Association of Outfitters of the Sainte-Anne River Inc" (in French). Inventory of ethnological resources of intangible heritage Quebec. Retrieved 31 October 2024. Fishing for small channel fish, also called tomcod, is a traditional activity in the Mauricie region practiced for several centuries by the Iroquois and the inhabitants of the French colony. In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, it began in February 1938.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Bernard Tardif; Gildo Lavoie; Yves Lachance (7 December 2005). "Québec Biodiversity, Atlas Threatened or Vulnerable Species" (PDF). Gouvernement of Quebec. Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. p. 62. Occurrences of threatened or vulnerable species are concentrated in southern Quebec, reflecting their range type.
  11. ^ a b "The Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Swamp". Nature Conservancy Canada. 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024. The Grondines and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade swamp is one of the last, large, treed swamps on the river. It extends along seven kilometres of shoreline in the St. Lawrence River's freshwater estuary.
  12. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census

See also

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Further reading

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  • Répertoire des mariages – Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 1684-1900, written by Dominique Campagna, 162 pages (in French)
  • Giroux, Albert (1976). Les églises de Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade (in French). Trois-Rivières: Editions du Bien public. OCLC 231774606.
  • Les Cahiers d'histoire de Ste-Anne-de-la Pérade (in French). Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade: Les Amis de l'histoire de la Pérade. 1973. OCLC 869036151.
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