Cité de Clarence-Rockland

The Rockland area has flourished with the development of the L’Orignal-Bytown road in 1840. Previously, farmers relentlessly cleared wooded areas to cultivate the land, their only means of subsistence. In 1868, a young entrepreneur from the timber industry, William Cameron Edwards, decided to build a saw mill at the Pointe McCaul. Then came the railroad in 1888...

In 1853, the first settlers arrived from Saint-Augustin in Québec. They bought land to practice agriculture. A first chapel was built in 1859. In 1865, the village had two hundred families. In 1881, the Clarence Creek parish included all of the Clarence Township. The post office was established on March 1st 1867 under the Clarence Creek name. The name of the post office...

Its origins are traced back to 1886 when this hamlet was called « The Lake » and also « Cobb Lake » because of a small lake that was there. On June 1st 1909, the village changed names for St-Pascal Baylon. The church and presbytery were built between October 11th 1908 and December 2nd 1909. Unfortunately, the church burnt on June 20th 1943. The population...

« The Brook » was the first name of Bourget, changed in 1910. Between the years 1855 to 1863, the settlers had to travel approximately twelve miles to get to church in Clarence-Creek. In 1885, the residents of The Brook started to build a chapel. The Sacré-Coeur Parish in Bourget celebrated its one hundred and twenty-five anniversary in 2010. In 1860, the residents...

Located along the Canadian Pacific railway, the village is founded at the end of the XIX century. It was called “North Indian” at the time where Loyalists descendants started to live there during the years 1880-1890. Bourget, Clarence and Sarsfield. The area counted many wood cutting sites and at one point, the forest was gradually replaced with rich...

BaladoDiscovery helps you discover the history of different villages in the municipality of Clarence-Rockland, while enjoying the archictecture of different buildings built between 1825 and 1950. These buildings and homes have, in their own way, witnessed the lives of the local people, just like a mark of the region's history. Touching characters, ancestral houses, historical places and...