Lejeune Township


The Lejeune Township is located in the MRC Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in Mauricie, in the Quebec, Canada. Located south of canton Mekinac and west of Marmier, Lejeune township straddles two municipal territories:
The territory of Lejeune Township depends on two watersheds :
Lejeune township is mostly forest land. Logging has been the engine of the economy of this region. Today, tourist activities are very popular, including resorts, hunting, fishing, water sports, ATVs, snowmobiles, excursions on foot in the forest and climbing some cliffs.
The main roads are :
Already baptized in 1873, the Canton Lejeune was proclaimed on September 4, 1892 in the Gazette officielle du Québec, at the same time than Marmier, located in the East. In this township, several lakes evoke the Jesuit missionary Paul Le Jeune Missionary Lake, Lake Jesuit and Lac Le Jeune.
Paul Young was born in 1591 Calvinists parents Chalons-sur-Marne in Champagne. He converted to Catholicism at the age of 16 years. In 1632, Paul Le Jeune was appointed superior of the Jesuit mission in Canada. He was assigned to Quebec when David Kirke's group cede the city they occupied since 1629. Upon his arrival in New France, he learned Indian languages and performs several exploration land excursions. In the exercise of his priestly ministry, he devoted himself to writing an annual relationship, which will be sent to France. The Relations of Jesuits in New France is one of the main sources of history. Back in France in 1649, he was appointed Attorney Jesuit mission Canada. He died in Paris in 1664.
The name "Canton Lejeune" was officially registered 4 February 1982 in the register of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.