Government of Trois-Rivières


The government of Trois-Rivières is one of three administrative divisions of Canada until 1764, the other two being the Government of Québec and Government of Montreal. At the time of the New France, the colony was divided into five individual governments: one in Quebec, the Trois-Rivières, one in Montreal, one in Newfoundland and one in Acadia. There was also a project that has not been done, create another government, that of Detroit. Each of these regions was known as the government because it was headed by a governor. The government of Trois-Rivières is the smallest of the three governments of the St. Lawrence Valley in area and population.

History

It does not seem to act promulgating the creation of the three governments of Canada under the French regime. In this, the model here is similar to that of France. At that time, the valley of the St. Lawrence were three population centres: Québec, Trois-Rivières and Montreal. It then became necessary to create three governments. In Trois-Rivières, the first captain to hold the title of governor Francis Champflour in 1643. Thus appeared the three governments of New France.
At its inception in 1643, the Government of Trois-Rivières had only one permanent establishment, the position of Trois-Rivières. Manors had been granted around, while others were projected. Despite several attempts, no one lived in these lordships because of the Iroquois threat, it was not until 1665 with the arrival of Carignan-Sallières. The stand of the Government of Trois-Rivières will begin on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River from Trois-Rivières down to the east, probably for the sole reason that the rest of the country was in a flood zone. Trois-Rivières is the first occupied, followed by Cap-de-la-Madeleine little after 1640, the Champlain from 1664 or 1665, the Batiscan to 1666 and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade from 1667.
In 1648, the governor of Trois-Rivières became a member of the Council of Quebec, created the previous year. In 1651, the Government of Trois-Rivières has a Seneschal.
The government of Trois-Rivières was maintained by the British during the military regime, with the difference that during this period, each government is autonomous and was not submitted to the Quebec Governor. Each government resorted to a currency of a different course, required a passport for entry and exit. The two boundaries separating the three governments were a crossing equipped with a garrison: one in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Joliette, between the Governments of Québec and Trois-Rivières, and the other Maskinongé, between governments of Trois-Rivières and Montreal.
The government of Trois-Rivières was abolished on when the British replaced the three governments by two districts, one in Quebec and Montreal. The Saint-Maurice River marked the division between the two districts.

Territory

The government of Trois-Rivières extended from Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade to Maskinongé on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, and Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets to Yamaska on the south shore. It was the closest of the three government contracts.
In the north, it extended vaguely to land the Hudson Bay, and south to the New England.
These limits have not been set at the creation of the government in 1643. The size of government has extended until the area of Trois-Rivières government meeting that the Government of Quebec and the Government of Montreal.
Its territory corresponds to the current regions of the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec. It also included the eastern part of the region of Townships.

Lordships

The government of Trois-Rivières had up to 51 fiefs and lordships.
Thirty-four lordships on the North Shore:
1. Sainte-Anne-East
2. Sainte-Anne-West
3. Sainte-Marie
4. Batiscan
5. Champlain
6. Cap-de-la-Madeleine
7-10. Islands of Saint-Maurice
11. Hertel
12. High-Boc
13. Niverville
14 Commune.
15. Coteau St. Louis
16. Sainte-Marguerite
17. Jesuits
18. Vieuxpont
19. Labadie
20. Boucher
21. Tonnancour
22. Saint-Maurice
23. Gastineau
24. Robert
25. Grosbois East
26. Grosbois West
27. Dumontier
28. Grandpre
29. Rivière-du-Loup
30. St. John
31. Maskinongé
32. Carufel
33. Dusablé
34. Lac Maskinongé
Seventeen lordships on the south shore:
35. Yamaska
36. St. Francis
37. Lussaudière
38. Pierreville
39. Deguire
40. Baie-du-Febvre
41. Courval
42. Nicolet
43. Ile Moras
44. Roquetaillade
45. Godefroy
46. Marie Island
47. Bécancour
48. Dutort
49. Cournoyer
50. Gentilly
51. Lévrard
51 of these lordships, there are only two stately homes on the north shore, and one on the south shore. As for the manorial mills, there remain only three on the north shore and one on the south shore.

Parishes

From 1608 to 1764, these 51 manors, appeared eighteen parishes and two missions.
Eleven parishes on the North Shore:
1. Sainte-Anne
2. Batiscan
3. Sainte-Geneviève
4. Champlain
5. Cap-de-la-Madeleine
6. Trois-Rivières
7. Les Forges
8. Pointe-du-Lac
9. Yamachiche
10. Rivière-du-Loup
11. Maskinongé
Seven parishes and two Native American missions on the south side:
12. Yamaska
13. Saint-François-du-lac
14. Mission St. Francis
15. Baie-du-Febvre
16. Nicolet
17. Bécancour
18. Mission Bécancour
19. Gentilly
20. Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
Each of these twenty parishes had its church and rectory. There are only two churches dating from the French regime and no parsonage. If the buildings no longer exist, there are works of art of this period in Sainte-Anne, Batiscan, Champlain, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Trois-Rivières, Maskinongé, Saint-François-du-Lac and Gentilly.

Organisation

A series of ups and minor officials was appointed to assume the organization of each government. In particular governor, add a king's lieutenant to attend a sub-delegated the steward, a staff, guards for governor, with a Court of Justice judge, assistant prosecutor, clerk, notary, judge a castle to house the governor and his staff. Officers Staff have real rights and honorary rights.

Governors

To ensure the unity of the colony, individual governors of Trois-Rivières and Montreal were submitted to the Governor General that they were, in fact, Lieutenant Governors.
The first title is Governor Francis Champflour in 1643. Those above the list bore the title of captain.

Lieutenants of the King (Lieutenants de roi)

According to Pierre-Georges Roy, "The King's lieutenants were lieutenants individual governors. They occupied most of the military part of the troops and fortifications and suppléaient governors in their absence".
According to Pierre-Georges Roy, majors " were in charge of the police troops and saw the details of the military administration."

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