Beauce Eau (AquaBeauce brand) Official website – water Deflex Composites Official website – fiberglass Industries Bernard Official website – food Victor Woolen Official website – textiles Bolduc Maple Products Official website – food Education In 1903 the Congregations of the Heart of Mary of the Sister-Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary opened a convent school, which burned down on June 6, 1931. A new convent school built in 1932 burned down in Saint-Victor's fire of 1948. A third convent school built in 1949 closed in 1967 as schools were consolidated. Another convent school in the station neighborhood closed in 1965 and was sold to Victor Woolen Ltd. Boys were not allowed in convent schools after 6th grade but were taught in private homes. The Champlain school for boys was built in 1957 and closed in 1972 when schools were further consolidated. A unified institution, the École Centrale (Central School), replaced all these schools, opening in January 1965 and adding seven new classes in 1967. In 1987 it was renamed "École Le Tremplin." Along with other local school boards, the Commission Scolaire de Saint-Victor merged into the Commission Scolaire de Beauceville in July 1972. A seminary, the Séminaire du Sacré-Coeur, taught men from 1918 until 1975. In 1977 it became a nursing home operated by Fondation Aube-Nouvelle. Transportation Quebec Route 108, a provincial highway, crosses the municipality of Saint-Victor. The Saint-Victor-de-Beauce Aerodrome, a small private airport, is operated by the Club Aéronautique Doyon Inc. From 1892 to 1992, the Tring-Megantic subdivision of the Quebec Central Railway served Saint-Victor. Personalities Born in Saint-Victor The village mayor, The Honourable Joseph Bolduc, later became Speaker of the Senate of Canada and a privy councillor. He was born in Saint-Victor on June 22, 1847 and died there on August 13, 1924. The ethnographer and writer Luc Lacourcière, a Companion of the Order of Canada, was born on October 18, 1910. The bonesetter Noël Lessard was born in 1911 and died in 1990. Arthur Doyon, son of Gédéon Doyon and Anna Rodrigue was born November 15, 1915 and died in Rouyn-Noranda September 8, 1987. Mining prospector and renowned businessman. Among others, he explored Abitibi: the Doyon mine, said Odyno, then second gold producer in Canada. Major Fernand Rancourt was born in Saint-Victor on April 26, 1917, died in Saint-Georges on February 13, 1991, and was buried in Saint-Victor. A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in