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7 unusual facts about Rivière à Veillet


Rivière à Veillet

Jean Veillet is one of the first forest entrepreneurs of the Lordship of Batiscan.

Directory Graves of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan.

Finally, the Jesuits lords of the Lordship of Batiscan agreed by the concession contract notarized in 1711, to cease officially this lot to Jean Veillet.

The Church of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan was built on a plot of land belonging to the ancestor Jean Veillet.

The upper valley of the river Veillet was the fourth area of colonization in Lordship of Batiscan (after the edge of St. Lawrence river of Batiscan River and rivière-à-la-lime) at the beginning of 18th Century.

The people residing in the depth of "Chemin de la rivière Veillet" (road of Veillet river) in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan and Gendron Creek (a tributary of the Charest River) in Saint-Prosper lived close together.

The Rivière à Veillet (formerly referred to as "Veillette river" or Veillet river) is located in the municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, in the Regional County Municipality of "Les Chenaux", in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada.



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