Saint-Casimir, Quebec

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Saint-Casimir is a municipality of about 1800 people in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Sainte-Anne River, about Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Quebec City and Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Trois-Rivières. It was founded in 1836 by people who came from Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade following to the east along the Sainte-Anne.

The name of Saint-Casimir was given in honour of Mr. Casimir Déry, a notary who paid for the construction of the church, which is in the top 10 of the most beautiful churches in the province of Québec. In turn, the church, and the town, is named after Saint Casimir, a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and youth.

History

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Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Cemetery and Church[1]

Saint-Casimir was founded in 1836 by people who came from Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade following to the east along the Sainte-Anne. Alain Grandbois was born in Saint-Casimir in 1900.

In the summer of 1973, a wave on the Niagarette devastated a small area, where it joins the Sainte-Anne River. A few houses were destroyed by the powerful water wave, due to strong rain, and debris that blocked the small river for a few hours.[2]

On the morning of 22 March 1997, five members of the Order of the Solar Temple died in a mass suicide in Saint-Casimir. A small house exploded into flames, leaving behind five charred bodies for the police to pull from the rubble. Three teenagers, the children of one of the couples who died in the fire, were discovered in a shed behind the house, alive but heavily drugged.[3]

Geography

Two provincial numbered roads go through St-Casimir: Route 354 (east-west - from Ste-Anne de la Pérade to St-Raymond) and Route 363 (south-north - from Deschambault to Lac-aux-Sables). Both roads lead to Autoroute 40, the Montreal-Québec City link on the north shore.

Five rivers run in Saint-Casimir: Sainte-Anne, Niagarette, Petite Niagarette, Blanche and Noire.

Saint-Casimir is also the home to a cavern, the "Trou du Diable" ("Devil's Hole"). It is the second-longest cave in Québec, at Script error: No such module "convert".. It was formed by the former tributary of the Sainte-Anne River, which left behind a stream. Many tourists pass through it every summer.

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Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus Parish Church, 2006

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2021: 1,449 (2016 to 2021 population change: 1.3%)
  • Population in 2016: 1,430
  • Population in 2011: 1,500
  • Population in 2006: 1,528
  • Population in 2001: 1,582
  • Population in 1996: 1,347
  • Population in 1991: 1,331
  • Population in 1986: 1,389

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 693 (total dwellings: 755)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0.7%
  • French as first language: 98.2%
  • English and French as first language: 0.4%
  • Other as first language: 0.7%

Education

Three Rivers Academy (of the Central Quebec School Board) in Trois-Rivières serves English-speaking students in this community for the secondary levels while Portneuf Elementary School in Cap-Santé serves elementary levels.[5]

Photos

Saint-Casimir (Municipality)[6][7]

See also

References

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