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Boucherville was founded as a seigneurial parish in 1667 by Pierre Boucher, for whom the city was later named. Pierre Boucher came from Mortagne-au-Perche, Normandy, France. After having lived in Quebec City and Trois-Rivières, Boucher moved to the Percées Islands by the southern shores of Saint Lawrence River, where he founded Boucherville.
Boucherville is one of the oldest municipalities in Québec. In 1668, Pierre Boucher began farming in the area and 4 years later received his seigneury, consisting of Îles-Percées and the adjacent islands.
1667 - Boucherville is founded as a seigneurial parish by Pierre Boucher. Pierre Boucher begins farming this year but does not receive his seigneury until 1672 when he builds a palisade to protect the community from the Iroquois.
Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (born Pierre Boucher; 1 August 1622 – 19 April 1717) was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France (in what is now Canada).
In 1678, Quebec Bishop François de Montmorency founded the parish under the name Sainte-Famille de Jésus. Towards the end of the 18 th century, families started buying and clearing plots of land near what is currently Sainte-Julie.
Fondée par Pierre Boucher en 1667, la seigneurie des Îles-Percées est l’une des plus anciennes de la région de Montréal. Pierre Boucher est à la fois fondateur, pionnier, défenseur, gouverneur et premier urbaniste de ce territoire qu’il nomme Boucherville.
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Jan 21, 2020 · Founded in 1667 by Pierre Boucher (born in Normandy, France in 1622), Boucherville has greatly expanded in recent decades and today forms part of Agglomération urbaine de Longueuil / Longueuil Urban Agglomeration, situated close to Montreal.
