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Lessard Seignory (Bas-Saint-Laurent)

Coordinates: 48°29′00″N 68°24′00″W / 48.4833°N 68.4000°W / 48.4833; -68.4000
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Lessard Seignory is located in Quebec
Lessard Seignory
Lessard Seignory
Lessard Seignory (Quebec)

The Lessard Seignory (in French: seigneurie Lessard) was a seignory during the French colonisation of New France. It was located in the present-day Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality in Bas-Saint-Laurent.

History

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The Lessard Seignory, measuring a league and a half by two leagues, was granted to Pierre Lessard and his wife, Barbe Fortin, on March 8, 1696.[1] The western limit of its territory was the Point au Père on the Saint Lawrence River.[2] Pierre Lessard and his wife were also seignors of the Lessard Seignory located in the present L'Islet Regional County Municipality.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Courville, Serge; Labrecque, Serge (1988). Seigneuries et fiefs du Québec : nomenclature et cartographie (in French). Québec (Québec): Faculté des Lettres de l'Université Laval (CÉLAT). p. 150. ISBN 2-920576-22-4.
  2. ^ Gouvernement du Québec. "Seigneurie Lessard". Commission de la toponymie du Québec (in French). Retrieved April 2, 2010.

48°29′00″N 68°24′00″W / 48.4833°N 68.4000°W / 48.4833; -68.4000