Chateau Richer

Chateau-Richer is a small city located within the Capitale-Nationale area of Quebec, Canada. Located at the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Quebec City, Chateau-Richer is the seat for the Cote-de-Beaupre Regional County Municipality. The first rural parish in New France became established there in 1678 and many of the oldest households in Quebec first settled there. Even these days, a fairly large phase of the town's population may be traced lower back to the ones pioneering households.

The metropolis stretches for numerous miles alongside Route 138. This avenue, which become at first referred to as the King's Road, to be later renamed Avenue royale, is a number of the first ones to be built in North America. In 1626, Samuel de Champlain set up in Chateau-Richer the primary farm within the Saint Lawrence valley, to feed the human beings of Quebec metropolis. Jean Bourdon's map of 1641 is the earliest supply that mentions the name "Chateau Richer", referring simplest to the cape or headland on which stands the existing church. But the origin of this name stays uncertain. In 1646, Olivier Letardif, Lord and Chief Prosecutor, granted 20 concessions to the population of Chateau-Richer so that they could officially set up themselves nicely.