Dorion in Vaudreuil-Dorion in Montérégie, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)
Place Dumont, mon histoire...
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Dumont Plaza, my history...
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2019
1. Place Dumont, mon histoire... Marker
1702
Concession de la seigneurie de Vaudreuil à Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil. Il est gouverneur intérimaire de Montréal de 1698 à 1703 puis gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France de 1703 à 1725. Il épouse, en 1690, Louise-Élizabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, issue d'une des familles les plus puissantes de la colonie, les Chartier de Lotbinière, par sa mère. Bien qu'il ait donné son nom à la région, il n'y a jamais vraiment habité.
1743
Le lot 33 de la concession, sur lequel se trouve actuellement le boulevard Harwood, est défriché par Claude Brunet, dit le Bourbonnais. Les colons d'origine européenne tardent à défricher les environs, plutôt intéressés par la lucrative traite des fourrures.
1763
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière acquiert la seigneurie et devient le premier seigneur à y tenir feu et lieu. Il est d'abord officier de la Marine puis ingénieur militaire. Il travaille â la çonstruction des ramparts de la ville de Québec, puis dirige la construction du fort Carillon (Ticonderoga New York) en 1755. Accusé
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1765
Le seigneur Michel Chàrtier de Lotbinière fait construire son manoir, à environ 400 mètres d'ici, et s'installe sur la rivière des Outaouais, à proximité du rapide de Quinchien, à l'extérieur du domaine seigneurial, près de l'actuel pont Taschereau. Le site est un emplacement optimal pour le transport par bateau et possède le potentiel hydraulique pour l'installation d'un moulin à eau que le seigneur de Lotbinière fait construire sur la pointe.
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• Premier manoir seigneurial de la famille Chartier de Lotbinière, vers 1855.
1702
Grant of the seigneury of Vaudreuil to Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil. He was interim governor of Montreal from 1698 to 1703 and then governor of New France from 1703 to 1725. In 1690, he married Louise-Élizabeth de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson, who came from one of the most powerful families in the colony, the Chartier de Lotbinière, through her
Courtesy Dictionary of Canadian Biography
2. Marker detail: Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil
Né en France, dans le Languedoc, en 1650 et décédé à Québec, en 1725. • • • Born in France, in Languedoc, in 1650 and died in Quebec, in 1725.
1743
Lot 33 of the concession, on which Harwood Boulevard is currently located, was cleared by Claude Brunet, known as the Bourbonnais. Settlers of European origin were slow to clear the surrounding area, more interested in the lucrative fur trade.
1763
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière acquired the seigneury and became the first seigneur to hold land and live there. He was first a naval officer and then a military engineer. He worked on the construction of the ramparts of Quebec City, then directed the construction of Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga, New York) in 1755. Accused of embezzlement and incompetence by the chief engineer of New France, he restored his reputation as a military genius in 1781, after 24 years of struggle. He took a stand against the British crown, which rejected his requests to recover properties he owned in the state of New York, where he died of yellow fever in 1798.
1765
Lord Michel Chàrtier de Lotbinière had his manor built, about 400 meters from here, and settled on the Ottawa River, near the Quinchien Rapids, outside the seigneurial domain, near the present-day Taschereau Bridge. The site was an optimal location for boat transport and had the hydraulic potential for the installation of a water
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional Museum Collection, 2011
3. Marker detail: Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, c.1775
Né au Québec en 1723 et décédé en 1798, à New York. • • • Born in Quebec in 1723 and died in 1798 in New York.
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• First seigneurial manor of the Chartier de Lotbinière family, around 1855.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1702.
Location. 45° 23.057′ N, 74° 0.607′ W. Marker is in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec, in Montérégie. It is in Dorion. It is at the intersection of Avenue Saint-Charles and Harwood Boulevard (Autoroute 20), on the right when traveling south on Avenue Saint-Charles. The marker is located in Dumont Plaza, at the northwest corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vaudreuil-Dorion QC J7V 1W9, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Montréal. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 16 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Place Dumont, mon histoire... / Dumont Plaza, my history... (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Place Dumont, mon histoire... / Dumont Plaza, my history... (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Place Dumont, mon histoire... / Dumont Plaza, my history... (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Place Dumont, mon histoire... / Dumont Plaza, my history...
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2019
4. Place Dumont, mon histoire... Marker
Looking north through Dumont Plaza; Avenue Saint Charles is on the right and Rue Dumont is on the left.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
Also see . . .
1. Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (Wikipedia).
Excerpt : French military officer who served as Governor General of New France (now Canada and U.S. states of the Mississippi Valley) from 1703 to 1725.(Submitted on April 5, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière (Wikipedia).
Excerpt : Seigneur of Vaudreuil, Lotbinière and Rigaud, Quebec. In 1757, on his advice at the Siege of Fort William Henry, the Marquis de Montcalm successfully attacked Fort William Henry. In 1758, Lotbinière again advised Montcalm to await rather than attack the British Army, at Fort Carillon, the fort that Lotbinière had built, which led to the French victory at the Battle of Carillon. In 1784, Louis XVI of France created Lotbinière a Marquis, the only Canadian by family and birth to have attained that rank, and the last such creation made by Louis XVI.(Submitted on April 5, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 112 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 5, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
