On July 7, 1616, the Jehan (or Jean) arrived in La Rochelle barely a month after leaving Matane. This trading trip would have been the last to be made by the Rochelais in Matane.
The expedition to Matane was quickly materially successful, the boat with a capacity of 60 tons, was in Matane on June 1, 1616 and the accounts were settled after its return, on July 7 between the Rochelais.
Hazardous, reckless and independent activity
Daniel Braignault and Pierre Georges had their seventh full of furs, because they exercised the right of option and paid 99 livres 15 sols, the seventh part of the 698 livres due in pledge to Bodier and others, reports in his book La tradition maritime de Matane (1534-1984).
According to him, the Rochelais merchants on the St. Lawrence, more specifically in Matane, deployed a risky, reckless and independent activity there that official history has long ignored.
Other ephemerides
July 7, 1875, general election in Quebec; curator Alexandre Chauveau is elected in Rimouski.
On July 7, 1877, Fabien Bédard of Rivière Blanche (Saint-Ulric), about fifty years old, was working at Mr. Price's mill in Métis when, passing near a round saw, the latter caught his clothes and he was almost cut in two. He survived for about ten minutes. The coroner went immediately to the scene and the verdict was rendered according to the facts found.
On July 7, 1918, Bishop André-Albert Blais blessed the Church of Saint-Luc as well as the statue of the Sacred Heart erected in front of the portico of the church, a generous gift from the parishioners of Saint-Luc.
On July 7, 1927, arrival of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in Matane.
On July 7, 1932, Guillaume Fortin finished as postmaster in Saint-René-de-Matane. He had been since April 5, 1932.
On July 7, 1947, there is talk of plans and specifications by architect Albert Leclerc for a “fire station” (sic) whose cost is estimated at $12,000”. – Chamber of Commerce project to lease for 10 years the land space needed for an arena.
On July 7, 1952, the City organized a deposit of films from the National Film Board. – We are talking about the resignation of Ward No. 1 Councilor Alphonse Cormier. – The municipality reviews an employee for insubordination and hires Hilaire Desjardins to succeed him as city hall janitor and fire truck driver. – She hires Mrs. Hilaire Desjardins as a telephone operator at the fire station.
On July 7, 1958, the City said yes to a civic reception for the official opening of the CKBL-TV television station. – François Philibert waives the non-parking clause on the land previously ceded for the development of Parc D’Amours on Avenue D’Amours. – The municipality donates $500 to the Scouts de Matane and $1,000 to l’oeuvre des terrains de jeux de Matane (O.T.J.) for the operation of the playground on Saint-Jérôme Avenue.
On July 7, 1958, the City of Matane authorized the incorporation of the Oeuvre des terrains de jeux de Matane (O.T.J.) and that of the Syndicat coopératif d’habitations de Matane. – It is about the resignation of Marius Desjardins as constable. – The municipality adopts by-law no. 295 decreeing a loan of $100,000 to reimburse the municipality of Saint-Jérôme for the value of the water supply and sewer network following the annexation, in January 1958, of the territory located to the south from rue avenue Jacques-Cartier to the southern limit of the properties of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur and the Ursulines (college and convent).
On July 7, 1991, severe thunderstorms swept through the region; lightning strikes 3,000 times in Bas-Saint-Laurent and causes 150 power outages.
