Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
Introduction '''Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier''' () is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the Jacques-Cartier River valley. It has been home to the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier since World War I.
History In 1647, Robert Giffard de Moncel was granted the Saint-Gabriel seignory that became property of the Jesuits in 1667 and Crown property in 1800.Around 1816, John Neilson (1776-1848), together with Andrew Stuart and Louis Moquin, Quebec lawyers, obtained some 50 concessions in the Saint-Gabriel seignory. This marked the start of the Val-Cartier settlement that was intended to receive Irish and Scottish colonizers.In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was formed when it was detached from Sainte-Catherine(-de-la-Jacques-Cartier) and Charlesbourg. In 1845, the Municipality of Valcartier was created in 1845 but abolished in 1847.The Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was officially established in 1855, then divided in 1862 into two municipalities: Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.In 1985, Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier were merged again to form the current municipality.
Demography ===Population===Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,124 (total dwellings: 1,204)
List of mayors '''Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-Ouest'''* 1878-1881 : Patrick Cosgrove* 1881-1882 : Ulric Gauvreau* 1882-1884 : Thomas Brown* 1884-1887 : James Burns* 1887-1890 : Thomas Brown* 1890-1895 : Samuel Clark* 1895-1903 : Thomas Brown* 1903-1909 : Lawrence Corrigan* 1909-1911 : James Bowles* 1911-1924 : Robert Hayes* 1924-1930 : Thomas Knox* 1931-1932 : Thomas Murphy* 1932-1933 : James Clark* 1933 : Albert Corrigan* 1933-1941 : John Murphy* 1941-1946 : John McCartney* 1947-1955 : Cecil Rourke* 1955-1961 : Simmons Crawford* 1961-1967 : George Murphy* 1967-1971 : John McCartney* 1972-1985 : Donat Rouleau'''Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier'''* 1878-1880 : Arthur Wolff (family of Lt. Colonel Alexander Joseph Wolff). * 1881 : Thomas Dacres* 1882 : William B. McBain* 1883 : Francis Ireland* 1884-1885 : William B. McBain* 1886-1888 : Thomas Dacres* 1889 : David B. McCartney* 1890 : Charles Jack* 1891-1896 : John McBain* 1896-1903 : William B. McBain* 1903-1905 : Lewis McBain* 1905-1906 : Thomas Knox* 1906-1908 : Andrew Brown* 1908-1914 : Thomas Knox* 1914-1923 : John McCartney* 1923-1924 : William Neil* 1924-1927 : Robert Goodfellow* 1927-1936 : Alfred J. Hicks* 1937-1940 : William Goodfellow* 1941-1946 : Irvin Jack* 1947-1948 : William Hicks* 1949-1950 : Neilson McBain* 1951-1961 : William Hicks* 1961-1969 : Russel Paquet* 1969-1988 : Lewis Jack* 1988- : Brent Montgomery
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See also *List of municipalities in Quebec
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