The municipality of Valcartier is situated in the county of Quebec.  It comprises shelter seigniories

 of St. Gabriel and St. Ignace not included within the Parish of St. Ambrose.  It is bounded in the South East

 by the Parish of St. Ambrose, in the west by the Seigniories Guardarville, Fossambault, the township of Gosford

 and Stoneham, north east by the township of ?, and to the north west an unexplored region.  It contains a

 population of 1667 souls principally natives or descendants of the British Isles, there are very few families

 of French Canadians.

        It is watered by the Rivers Jacques Cartier, St. Ann’s and other smaller streams, tributaries to the

 before mentioned rivers whose courses are across the municipality flowing SSWest and in the interior by 

 several beautiful lakes.  There are several water towers in this municipality of the first magnitude in 

 immediate proximity to   ?  localities.  Its principal roads are what are commonly called the Valcartier Road

 close by the Church of _______, the other commonly the First Concession Road.  The first of these is what is

 generally called the Upper Valcartier Road and winds about four miles through the parish of St. Ambrose. 

 There is on the Concession line between the third and fourth concessions branching close to the vicinity of

 the Valcartier churches one branch on the South East margin of the River Jacques Cartier connecting the 

 Townships of Stoneham and Tewkesbury.  Another branch crossing the Jacques Cartier connecting at the North West

 Division, the last branch of this road is on the south west side of the Jacques Cartier and connects the 

 first and second concessions with the churches.  The first concession road is about three quarters of a 

 mile westward of the Church of St. Ambrobse and after winding through a portion of the western limits of the

 Seigniory of St. Gabriel by the first concession, branches into various directions into the adjoining parishes.

 This road is the principal summer communication for the north easterly part of the parish of St. Catherine’s, 

 and the branch connecting the Upper Valcartier Settlement is the mail road to the postal village of St. Raymond

 in the county of Port Neuf. On the different streams in the municipality there are five saw mills and an

 excellent grist mill built by government but has become lately private property.

        The Congregations of Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Roman Catholics have each their places

 of worship very neat and commodious stone buildings, attended by numerous and respectable congregations,

 under the guidance of a resident clergyman for each congregation.  Each church has its parsonage house. 

 Education is very neglected in this municipality owing to the very widely scattered population, and also 

 very small sums annually given by government to assist the inhabitants to educate their children.  Our

 municipal laws are very poorly carried out, the national consequence of which amounts to bad roads,

 work for lawyers owing to the class of men who generally compose the corporate bodies being almost

 uneducated persons.

        The proceedings of the Municipal council are not all carried out according to law by the Valuation

 Role.  No less than one hundred Freeholders will be disenfranchised owing to the lowness of the values

 laid by the council in many instances and low as one pound where the property is worth $400.

        The first settlement of Valcartier was made in 1816 by an American by the name of Hewstone

 immediately after by some Scotch families.  Emigrants from the “land of cakes” whose skill in agriculture

 is wisely retained by their progeny, and has imparted to the surrounding farmers, a spirit of industry

 not generally found in the province.  The soil of Valcartier varies considerably from a light sand to

 a heavy soil.  The best farms are to be found on the margin of the Jacques Cartier being composed of

 alluvial deposits, but of late years has suffered owing to the blight on the potato crop of Valcartier

 and the principal supply of the city of Quebec in the winter months.  The settlement of Valcartier is

 altogether dependent on agricultural pursuits and formerly large sums of money were accumulated by the

 fruits of the soil, but lately the farmer is impressed with the idea that it is not by agriculture that

 a country will grow rich, but in connection with agriculture, when the natural resources of the country

 may become the subject of Enterprise and give employment to our population at all seasons, then and then

 only can they expect to see the country progress and cause a circulation medium to flow where that spirit

 of enterprise is fairly carried out.

                                      Henry Crawford, J.P.

                                      Enumerator

Summary of Occupations Listed in this Census:  (by Patricia Balkcom)

Farmers

Labourers

Servants

Traders:  James Morris, Denis Shanaghan

Soldiers:  John Prode (RCR), James Brown (17th Reg.), James Keily (17th Reg.)

Blacksmiths:  William Donovan, William Aldcorn, Michael Loughran

Teachers:  Ann Graham, James Purdy, Thomas McDivett, James Robinson

Shoemaker:  James Downes

Ministers:  David Shanks (Presby.), E. Parkin (Anglican), Francis McDonald (RC)

Postmaster:  Andrew Kerr

Seamstress:  Ellen Kerr

Tailors:  John Robertson, John McMillan

Baker:  David Whalen

Notary:  Benjamin Lelievre

Carpenter:  William McPherson

Gentleman:  John Carter

JP:  Henry Crawford