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Saint-Lazare summary
Saint-Lazare also known as Saint-Lazare-de-Vaudreuil is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of
Vaudreuil-Soulanges. The first French-speaking colonists began settling in the 18th century on the land granted by the Lord who, at the time, owned Vaudreuil, Rigaud and Lotbinière.
These three domains were subdivided in concessions. Among those of Vaudreuil were Côte St-Charles, Pointe Cavagnol and Côte St-Louis where Solomon Grout was the
first to settle in 1812. The first settlers cultivated the land and traded their crops in exchange for the use of the land. Their harvests included oat, rye,
buckwheat, corn, potatoes, peas, beans, tomatoes and hay. The majority of the first English-speaking immigrants arrived after the war of 1812. Most immigrants were
from New-England, and those that were from England mainly came from Cumberland and Scotland. In 1875, residents living in the parish we now call St-Lazare,
expressed their desire to create a distinct region. On December 29th, 1875, an act confers the status of municipality to the territory of St-Lazare which, in 1876,
takes the name of the Corporation Municipale de la Paroisse de St-Lazare. The Lord’s tenure is also abolished.
According to stories carried on from generation to generation, other business men would have been seduced by the idea of exploiting iron mines along the
Sainte-Angélique concession road. This first production and extraction of natural resources became an incentive for other merchants to settle in the area : three
sawmills to handle tree cuttings and fulfill local construction needs, horses to pull wagons carrying mineral extracts to be shipped off to the iron forges of
those days including that of St-Maurice. From agriculture to mines to mills, St-Lazare sees the beginning of its commercial activity. The residents of Saint-Lazare
are named Lazarois and Lazaroise, not be confused with Lazarien and Lazariene from St-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.
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