Lachute

History

The creation of Lachute goes up in 1680 when Charles-Joseph d' Ailleboust receives, of the count de Frontenac, a seigniory of 218 square kilometers. This stronghold is limited by the Rivière of Outaouais to the south, a line crossing the center of the hamlet of Chime in the west, and the lake Clair in north. It named its grounds: Seigniory of Argenteuil, while taking as a starting point its castle located at Argenteuil on Armançon, in Burgundy.

In 1697, it sells its seigniory to his/her son, Pierre d' Ailleboust. With the passing of years, the stronghold passes to Louis Panet, then with major Murray.

It is into 1753 that the first French-speaking person, Antoine Brunet, come to settle in Lachute.

30 years after the conquest of News-France by the British army, Jedediah Lane, living in Jericho with the Vermont, buy several thousands of acres of grounds located on the two sides of the Rivière of North, where Lachute is today. Loyalistes fleeing the American Révolution follow it, just as of the english-speaking of Bytown (which will become Ottawa) and of the British Isles.

In 1798, the population of Lachute is composed of five families. The village is called then The Chute , the English name which refers to the fall of the river of North. In 1809, Thomas Baron buys all the grounds of the territory which will become the center of the town of Lachute. It became thereafter, in 1825, the first mayor of Lachute.

The city takes expansion between the years 1870 and 1880: the railroad connecting Montreal to Ottawa passes by the center of the city, Felix Hamelin and Thomas Henry Ayers establish the first industry, and the Irishman James Crocket Wilson opens paper mill J.C. Wilson Millets ltée, today Papers Cascades. Lachute counts 650 inhabitants then.

The Town of Lachute is built-in 1895; its population is at this time of 2000 people, to 35% French-speaking people.

In 1941, the population climbs with 5.310 people.

Since the beginning of the years 1990, Lachute became the world seat of the Ordre of Rosicrucian brotherhood A.M.O.R.C.

Municipalities bordering

Sources

Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
Commission of toponymy of Quebec
municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

External bonds

Official site Lachute
Official site of the Count d' Argenteuil - History of the Lords of Argenteuil

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