Chartierville
Population: 388
Chartierville (municipality)
Area - 139.13 km2Foundation...
Inhabitants - Chartiervillois, Chartiervilloise
About 1869 Arrival of the first colonists from Saint-Hyacinthe
Jean-Baptiste Chartier,priest
1870 ProclamationTownship Emberton
1873 a Catholic missionUS.;
in 1875 Adoption of the repatriation Act to promote the return to Canada of Canadians who had been forced into exile to find work in the organizations are then created to allow the establishment of such people in new concessions. Here it is the Colonization Society of Saint-Hyacinthe and Bagot founded by Father Jean-Baptiste Chartier. A number of them settled in the township of Emberton.
1878 (January 18) canonical establishment and opening of the parish registers of the Beheading ofSt-Jean-Baptiste-d'Emberton;its territory covers part of Canton Township Ditton and Emberton. This is one of the highest villages in Quebec, at an altitude of 515 meters.
1879 (January 1) Constitution of the Corporation of the Township of Emberton. The post office is named Chartierville.
1883 Appointment of the first resident priest.
The 1923 population of the parish is 975 souls.
1937 (May 6) of the Credit Union Foundation of Chartierville.
1978 The Municipality of Emberton adopted the name Chartierville .
1990 The population Chartierville is 327 inhabitants.
2000 Chartierville population is 380 people.
Chartierville 2005 population is 363 people.
The title of founder of religious Coaticook returns to the priest Jean-BaptisteChartier,who left good memories in the population, in addition to being the source of religious buildings, schools, homes and factories.
Jean-Baptiste Chartier priest
he ministered from 1868 to 1877Coaticook with the creationSaint-Edmond Parish, but it was already serving Compton parishioners from 1863 to 1868 for a total of 15 years of community involvement.
Presbytery Saint-Edmond
Jean-Baptiste Chartier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe in 1832 to a family of farmers. He was ordained priest in 1856 before a brief stint at the Collège de Sherbrooke in 1862.
His influence went beyond the limits of Compton, because Chartier priest was also involved parishionersCoaticook as early as 1864. A beautiful chapel is at time already built on a rise on the limits of Barford and the total population of 1200 souls then.
The solicitude of Chartier priest is primarily addressed to the youth of the parish ofCoaticook.He bought a piece of land and a house that converts to a school on the Rue Sainte-Anne. The first teacher was Ms. Beaudry, sister of FatherBeaudry.
Rivier College Coaticook
Nearby, a rectory was built near the chapel, where is the current rectory of St.Edmund.At the time there were many religious activities with 97 baptisms, 25 marriages and 20 burials a year.
By 1870, the Catholic school is no longer enough and Chartier priest while considering the establishment of a convent girls. It communicates with the sisters of the Presentation of Saint-Hyacinthe, he knows, to entrust their mission. The current Rivier College, which in 2010 celebrated its 140th anniversary of foundation, welcomes its first students in
1870.Chartier priest was highly regarded by thepeople.His leadership and his great desire to advance the locality were also appreciated by Anglophones and Protestants. However, some of these initiatives are not all successful.
For example, a factory mills and washingtwisters,erected under his care in the tip formed by the river and the Rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste, was sold to a purchaser bad after financialproblems.The church and the presbytery also fell into the hands of financial institutions because of financial worries.
Despite his problems, he was also responsible for settlement agent for the Eastern Townships. He left to his name to the village ofChartierville.They also say he deserves the recognition of many families who, returning to Canada after the stream of emigration to the United States were able to keep the language and faith of the ancestors.
Jean-Baptiste Chartier left in Coaticook 1877 and retired in 1897 after several years in its original hometown. He died in 1917 at the age of 85.pitfalls.
A nephew pays him tribute following his death despite its "His business in Coaticook were not ultimately successful. But as hardware companies rarely bring happiness to the priest, even the best of intentions, Mr. Abbe Chartier gathered hers that inconvenience without compromising its reputation as an honest man and good priest remained very attentive to the needs of his spiritual ministry.
"MagneticHill
In the region of the Eastern Townships, near the US border, is located between
La Patrie and Chartierville on Highway 257, Magnetic Hill, the only one inQuebec.A Magnetic Hill is a road with a steep slope that has a strange force same magnetic apparently. The car driver presses the accelerator to go down the slope down and when the vehicle is in neutral, it goes up the coast, without even propulsion engine. In fact, your car will react with a natural occult force !!!
Chartierville
Chartierville is a municipality constituted in 1870 over an area of over 139 square kilometers in the Estrie administrative region (regional county municipality of Haut-Saint -François). Chartierville is located near the border with the United States, along the scenic Route 257 South, near the SalmonRiver,55 kilometers from Sherbrooke. More than 400 Chartiervilloises and Chartiervillois. Besides, it is one of the highest placed municipalities in Quebec, because the average elevation of the hills on which the village is located, is 505 metersChartierville.
is nicknamed Eldorado Townships of the isdue to the beauty of itslandscapes,its natural resources and its wildlife, deer and moose foremost. It is also famous for its optical phenomenon of Magnetic Hill attracts many tourists.
At Chartierville, we practice many activities such as jungle trekking, snowmobiling, hunting and fishing.
The first settlers, French Canadians from the United States under the Repatriation Act, which gave them the right to land, are in Chartierville to the early 1870s In 1878, the parish consists canonically under the name of St. John the Baptist. That year, there were 71 families there, totaling 381 souls. The parish and village are named after Father Jean-Baptiste Chartierwas the first parish priest and who sent the first settlers in these places.
As for the famous Magnetic Hill that made the reputation of the village, it is a very curious phenomenon: if you put thevehicle in neutral (N) willexperiment this natural phenomenon, that is to say that we will see that the car is attracted by natural forces to the top of the hill. However, despite its name, this phenomenon is not caused by magnetic forces or supernatural because it is an amazing optical illusion.
Watch Out! By this experience, do not forget that you are on a road where one must respect the rules of road safety. It is better that someone monitors traffic at that time.
Chartierville coordinates
27, rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste,
Chartierville, Quebec
Canada J0B 1K0
Phone: 819 656 2323
To get to the border town of Chartierville, you take the scenic route 257 south. Before it was founded in 1870 by settlers left Saint-Hyacinthe, the miners already criss-crossing the country.
In an area of 139 km square, 505 meters above sea level, the "Eldorado" Townships -to-East, one of the highest in Quebec, fascinates by its landscapes and its optical phenomenon of "Magnetic Hill" by its natural and wild wealth. At dusk, in the orange light of sunset, you will discover some graceful deer or imposing and majestic moose.
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