Sillery (Qué) (original) (raw)
- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Lapointe, Pierre Louis. "Sillery (Qué)". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sillery-que. Accessed 22 October 2024.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Lapointe, P. (2015). Sillery (Qué). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sillery-que
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Lapointe, Pierre Louis. "Sillery (Qué)." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published March 07, 2012; Last Edited March 04, 2015.
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Sillery (Qué)," by Pierre Louis Lapointe, Accessed October 22, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sillery-que
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Published Online March 7, 2012
Last Edited March 4, 2015
Sillery has a grand history dating back to the 17th century. It was the site of Canada's first Indian reserve and Jesuit mission, Sillery, on the edge of the St Lawrence. The reserve was funded by Noël Brulart de Sillery (1577-1640), for whom the town was named.
La pointe de Sillery et le St-Laurent, Québec as seen from the Plains of Abraham (painting by Léonce Cuvelier, courtesy Library and Archives Canada).\r\n
Sillery, Qué, Town, pop 11 909 (2001c), 12 003 (1996c), 12 519 (1991c), area 6.70 km2, inc 1980, is located along the north shore of the St Lawrence River between Québec City and Sainte-Foy. Sillery, with its steep shoreline, is probably the most picturesque and well-to-do residential suburb of the Québec Urban Community.
Sillery has a grand history dating back to the 17th century. It was the site of Canada's first Indian reserve and Jesuit mission, Sillery, on the edge of the St Lawrence. The reserve was funded by Noël Brulart de Sillery (1577-1640), for whom the town was named. Frances Brooke, writer of the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague, resided in Sillery Cove from 1763 to 1768. Her novel provides glimpses of early colonial life.
During the 19th century, the coves of Sillery were the parking grounds for hundreds of gigantic timber rafts brought down from the Upper St Lawrence and the Ottawa River. Here the rafts were dismantled and the timbers were loaded on ships leaving for Great Britain.
Today Sillery is home to private schools and to the convents of a number of Roman Catholic religious congregations. Rich in architectural heritage, Sillery boasts a number of old mansions, the main one being Cataraqui (the province's official residence for visiting international dignitaries). What used to be Québec's lieutenant-governor's official residence and grounds, Bois-de-Coulonge (the residence of which was razed to the ground in 1966, killing Lieutenant-Governor Paul Comtois), is now a public park with walks and exquisite flower beds that attracts visitors from all over.