Mitis Seignory
The Mitis Seignory (French: seigneurie de Mitis) is a forest and wildlife territory located in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec. It was a seignory during the French colonisation of New France.
History[edit]
The Mitis Seignory was first granted to Jean-Baptiste de Peiras by the New France's governor, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, on May 6, 1675.[1]
The Scottish Mathew MacNider acquired the seignory in 1802 and his brother, John MacNider, bought it in 1807.[2] In fact the MacNider family was the owner of the Mitis Seignory for almost 50 years.[3]
Territory[edit]
At the time of its granting in 1675 the territory of the seignory measured two leagues along the Saint Lawrence River by two leagues away from the river.[4] It is entirely included inside La Mitis Regional County Municipality in Bas-Saint-Laurent.
References[edit]
- ^ Gouvernement du Québec. "Seigneurie de Mitis". Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French). Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ Gouvernement du Québec. "MacNider". Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French). Retrieved August 1, 2013.
- ^ Comité du centenaire de Saint-Damase (1984). Centenaire de Saint-Damase 1884-1984 (in French). Matane, Quebec: Comité du centenaire de Saint-Damase. p. 25. ISBN 2-9800328-0-8.
- ^ Courville, Serge; Labrecque, Serge (1988). Seigneuries et fiefs du Québec : nomenclature et cartographie (in French). Quebec City, Quebec: Faculté des Lettres de l'Université Laval (CÉLAT). p. 158. ISBN 2-920576-22-4.