Saint-Quentin Island
island on Saint-Maurice River, in Trois-Rivières, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada
Saint-Quentin Island (French: Île Saint-Quentin, pronounced [il sɛ̃ kɑ̃tɛ̃]) lies at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and Saint Lawrence River in the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The island, along with Saint-Christophe and De La Poterie islands, are each named after one of the three channels formed by the Saint-Maurice River at its mouth with the St. Lawrence, where it flows between two islands.
It owes its name to judge Quentin Moral, known as "Saint-Quentin", who was a fur trader and one of the first dealers on this island. It is now a center of popular outdoor activities and leisure at the hearth of city. The patron saint of the island is Quentin de Rome.
History
It was first inhabited by an Algonquian tribe which raised corn (called blé d'Inde –'Indian wheat' in Quebec slang). Subsequently, on 7 October 1535, Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the island proclaiming French sovereignty of this territory. It was not until a hundred years later that Jesuit priest Paul Le Jeune noticed the ruins of a fence and some Native American farmland cleared when Indians grew corn.
Thus June 2, 1647, Governor Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny allowed François Marguerie, Jean Veron de Grandmesnil and Claude David to clear the island.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Saint-Quentin Island” as island on Saint-Maurice River, in Trois-Rivières, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as island on Saint-Maurice River, in Trois-Rivières, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3593212. Authority coordinates are 46.354, -72.528. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1535 and 1647.
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This entry incorporates text from “Saint-Quentin Island” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.