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The History of Saint-Anselme

The story of Saint-Anselme and the city around it.

Saint-Anselme (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃sɛlm]) is a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is the second biggest municipality in the RCM, after Saint-Henri. The Etchemin River goes through the village.

Bell Homestead National Historic Site

Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first long-distance telephone call from his father's homestead in Tutela Heights, just minutes from West Brant. The Bell Homestead National Historic Site preserves the farmhouse and coach house where Bell conducted his early telephone experiments in the 1870s. Open seasonally for tours.

Timeline

1829
The year 1829 marked the start of religious construction.
1845
The municipality of the parish of Saint-Anselme was founded in 1845.
1846
François Audet dit Lapointe, then living in Saint-Charles, where he had just finished enlarging the church, was awarded the contract to build the chapel-presbytery, and then, in 1846, the present church, which was completed in 1850.
1875
Quebec Central and Canadian National railway lines have been located here since 1875, but were replaced by the Bellechasse cycloroute in 2012.
1920
The municipality of the village of Saint-Anselme was created in 1920.
1940
Around fifteen cooperative groups have been created since 1940: *the Société coopérative agricole (1941) ; *la Boulangerie coopérative (1943) ; *the Meunerie coopérative (1949) ; *the Garage coopératif (1955); *Avicole régionale Etchemin ; *the Cercle des jeunes éleveurs.
1998
The two municipalities were merged in 1998 to create the current municipality.

Photos

Chaudiere-appalaches
Chaudiere-appalaches
Saint-Anselme Church, Saint-Anselme, Quebec, Canada
Saint-Anselme Church, Saint-Anselme, Quebec, Canada

Full History

The municipality of the parish of Saint-Anselme was founded in 1845. The municipality of the village of Saint-Anselme was created in 1920. The two municipalities were merged in 1998 to create the current municipality. The year 1829 marked the start of religious construction. A chapel-presbytery was built according to the plans of architect Thomas Baillairgé and his mentor, Abbé Jérôme Demers, Vicar General. François Audet dit Lapointe, then living in Saint-Charles, where he had just finished enlarging the church, was awarded the contract to build the chapel-presbytery, and then, in 1846, the present church, which was completed in 1850. Around fifteen cooperative groups have been created since 1940: *the Société coopérative agricole (1941) ; *la Boulangerie coopérative (1943) ; *the Meunerie coopérative (1949) ; *the Garage coopératif (1955); *Avicole régionale Etchemin ; *the Cercle des jeunes éleveurs. Quebec Central and Canadian National railway lines have been located here since 1875, but were replaced by the Bellechasse cycloroute in 2012.

Source: Wikipedia