Mitis Seignory

The Mitis Seignory (French: seigneurie de Mitis) is a forest and wildlife territory located in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in eastern Quebec. It was a seignory during the French colonisation of New France.

Mitis Seignory
Mitis Seignory (Quebec)

History

The Mitis Seignory was first granted to Jean-Baptiste de Peiras by the New France's governor, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, on May 6, 1675.[1]

The Scottish Mathew MacNider acquired the seignory in 1802 and his brother, John MacNider, bought it in 1807.[2] In fact the MacNider family was the owner of the Mitis Seignory for almost 50 years.[3]

Territory

At the time of its granting in 1675 the territory of the seignory measured two leagues along the Saint Lawrence River by two leagues away from the river.[4] It is entirely included inside La Mitis Regional County Municipality in Bas-Saint-Laurent.

References
  1. Gouvernement du Québec. "Seigneurie de Mitis". Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French). Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. Gouvernement du Québec. "MacNider". Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French). Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  3. Comité du centenaire de Saint-Damase (1984). Centenaire de Saint-Damase 1884-1984 (in French). Matane, Quebec: Comité du centenaire de Saint-Damase. p. 25. ISBN 2-9800328-0-8.
  4. Courville, Serge; Labrecque, Serge (1988). Seigneuries et fiefs du Québec : nomenclature et cartographie (in French). Quebec City, Quebec: Faculté des Lettres de l'Université Laval (CÉLAT). p. 158. ISBN 2-920576-22-4.

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