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20-606: The county seat was Cap-Santé . Previously named Hampshire County (after Hampshire , England ) formed in 1792 at the end of the French Regime from the former Montreal District and as a constituent riding for the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada before being renamed Portneuf County by a law of the province of Lower Canada (9 George IV ch. LXXII) in 1829. It was bounded on the west by Champlain County on

40-503: A change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 3,410 . With a land area of 54.49 km (21.04 sq mi), it had a population density of 66.0/km (170.8/sq mi) in 2021. Mother tongue: Chevalier de L%C3%A9vis François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman. He served with distinction in

60-554: A cure discovered in the village. The old settlement is situated just west of the nearby Jacques-Cartier River and on the embankment of the Saint Lawrence River. The first settlers arrived around 1679, and in 1714 the village became an official parish . The present-day church, a historical-registered building, was built from 1754 to 1767. Interrupted during construction by the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), it

80-642: A private property registered as a historical building. The founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Pasteur, Marie Fitzbach , lived in Cap-Santé from 1826–1840. Gérard Morisset , architect and art historian, was also a resident, and designed the interiors of many of the region's churches. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Cap-Santé had a population of 3,594 living in 1,509 of its 1,589 total private dwellings,

100-460: A spring offensive to recapture Quebec in 1760. Marching downstream with the first breaking of the ice, Lévis met the forces of James Murray at the Battle of Sainte-Foy , where Lévis' army won a victory in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on Canadian soil. This forced Murray to retreat behind Quebec's walls and a siege began . The lack of artillery and siege equipment precluded any assault on

120-600: Is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec . It is the county seat of Portneuf Regional County Municipality and was as well the county seat of the designated Portneuf County . The name of the town means "Cape Health". Cap-Santé is on the northern bank of the Saint Lawrence River , 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Quebec City . Legend has it that this community's name was coined when soldiers suffering from an unknown disease miraculously recovered from

140-528: Is crowned with old wells dating back to 1799. Vieux Chemin street was built along the same geographical line as that Chemin-du-Roy, the first road linking Montreal and Quebec City in the 18th century. Wooden and stone homes dot the narrow and shaded street that borders the cape. The quay is on the Saint Lawrence River . In 1759 following the defeat of the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during

160-411: Is one of the last buildings to be constructed under the French regime. The church has a facade and two towers, a baroque interior, a neoclassical reredos , and two tiers of openings on the bell tower, a presbytery (designed by architect Charles Baillargé in 1849) featuring five neatly lined dormer windows. A cemetery encircles the square, leading to the river below. The Place de l'Église square

180-659: The Abbe Casgrain , a professor at Universite Laval , in 1895; Casgrain had already published in 1891 Les français au Canada : Montcalm et Lévis . Lévis returned to France on parole, and was released for service in Europe by William Pitt . He served in the German campaigns of 1762, and retired from active military service when the war ended in 1763 with the Peace of Paris . He was appointed governor of Artois in 1765. He

200-646: The War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession . During the Seven Years' War , he was second-in-command to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the defense of New France and then, after the surrender of New France in 1760, he served in Europe. After the war, he was appointed Governor of Artois , and in 1783 he was made a Marshal of France. In 1756, the Marquis de Vaudreuil

220-597: The Seven Years' War, the commander of the French forces, Chevalier de Lévis , ordered the construction of Fort Jacques-Cartier at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River from materials originally destined for the construction of a church. The following year, using the fort as a logistics base, Lévis attempted unsuccessfully with 7,000 men to recapture Quebec City from the British. The British captured

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240-613: The defense on the French right flank. When the forces of James Murray arrived to begin the Siege of Quebec , Lévis participated in the early defenses, including the Battle of Beauport . He was then sent to organize the defense of Montreal , and so was not present when Quebec fell. Following Montcalm's death in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham , Lévis was appointed commander of French forces in North America. Wintering at Montreal, Lévis managed to rally his troops and train them for

260-588: The fort in September 1760 and kept a garrison there until 1763 after which they abandoned it. Virtually nothing remains of the fort aside from archaeological remains, which is also situated on private land inaccessible to the public on the 'Plateau Jacques-Cartier' district of the municipality. Close by, is the Allsopp House (late 18th century), an old seigneurial manor named after the Allsopp family, now

280-598: The fortifications of Quebec and Lévis held back, awaiting reinforcements from Europe. With the arrival of a British squadron which then destroyed his support ships on the Saint Lawrence, Lévis was obliged to retreat to Montreal, where Vaudreuil eventually surrendered New France to Amherst 's army, which had advanced down the Saint Lawrence River that summer, in early September. His various letters for this period were later collected and published by Beauchemin in 1889; letters to him for this period were published by

300-717: The northeast by Quebec County, and on the south by Lotbiniere County. Portneuf County consisted of six former seigneuries . In the early 1980s, Quebec abolished its counties and most of Portneuf County became the Portneuf Regional County Municipality . The southeastern part of the county was transferred to La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality and the Quebec Urban Community (now Quebec City) while parts of western Portneuf County were transferred to Mékinac Regional County Municipality . Initially, Portneuf County included

320-496: The parishes of Saint-Casimir, Grondines, Deschambault, Cap-Santé, St-Basile, Saint-Raymond-Nonnat, Sainte-Catherine, Les Écureuils, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Alban and the townships of Gosford, Alton, Roquemont of Montauban and Colbert. 47°00′N 72°00′W  /  47.000°N 72.000°W  / 47.000; -72.000 This Quebec -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cap-Sant%C3%A9, Quebec Cap-Santé

340-467: The vanguard of the French expedition to Fort William Henry in 1757, and laid siege to it until Montcalm's arrival. During French planning for the 1758 campaign in the French and Indian War the disputes between Vaudreuil and Montcalm continued. Vaudreuil prevailed, and Montcalm was sent to Fort Carillon to defend it against an expected British attack. Lévis was initially slated to lead an expedition to

360-451: The western forts, leading about 500 French metropolitan troops and a large seasoned French-Canadian militia. Vaudreuil, however, had second thoughts, and dispatched Lévis and his metropolitan troops to support Montcalm at Carillon. Lévis arrived at Carillon on the evening of July 7, as a British army led by James Abercrombie was arriving before the fort. In the ensuing Battle of Carillon , Abercrombie's troops were defeated, with Lévis leading

380-486: Was informed that King Louis XV was sending the Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm to take over French forces in North America, with Lévis as second in command. Vaudreuil wrote back that there was no need to send another general, as Vaudreuil disliked the tactics of most "municipal" French generals. When Montcalm arrived despite Vaudreuil's protest, the two men developed a dislike for each other. Lévis led

400-606: Was promoted to Marshal of France in 1783, and was raised to the inheritable title Duc de Lévis in 1784. He died in 1787 in Arras , France, and was succeeded as duke of Lévis by his son Pierre-Marc-Gaston , who escaped to England during the French Revolution . In 1794 his widow and two of his three daughters were sent to the guillotine during the French Revolution. He left his name to Lévis, Quebec , across

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