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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Saint-Épiphane

Saint-Épiphane (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿epifan]) is a municipality in Quebec in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent and the regional county municipality of Rivière-du-Loup.

History

It was in 1840 that the first settlers, most of whom came from Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Arsène and Isle-Verte, settled on the territory of the future municipality. As early as 1842, a mission provided religious assistance to the few inhabitants, who founded a parish under the name of Saint-Épiphane in 1863, canonically erected in 1870.

In 1855, the municipality of Viger was officially created, named after Denis-Benjamin Viger (1774-1861). In 1873, Viger lost a small pa part of it's territory for the creation of the municipality of Saint-François-Xavier (which would be dissolved in 1892). In 1894 Viger would change it's name to the current Saint-Épiphane.

In 1950, Saint-Épiphane lost another small part of it's territory when Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger was created. In 1991, Saint-Épiphane updated it,s status from a parish municipality to become a regular municipality.

In the past, the Wolastoqiyik, Amerindians close to the Mi'kmaq, lived on a reserve near Saint-Épiphane.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 269413". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 12030". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052412030&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Saint-%C9piphane