Lessard Seignory (Bas Saint Laurent)

History

The Lessard Seignory, measuring a league and a half by two leagues, was granted to Pierre Lessard and his wife, Barbe Fortin, on March 8, 1696. The western limit of its territory was the Point au Père on the Saint Lawrence River. Pierre Lessard and his wife were also seignors of the Lessard Seignory located in the present L'Islet Regional County Municipality.