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From: Steve Carter <>
Subject: Low Harbour, Quebec
Date: 28 Jul 96 07:59:42 EDT


On 27 Jul 1996, Angela Cosby <> asked:

>> Does anyone know where Low Harbour, Quebec is or was? One of the
>> families on my tree lived there in the 1840s, but I cannot find it in my
>> atlas or on my road map. It may be near Rigaud,Quebec since the couple
>> was married there and the first of their children was baptised there.

I don't find anything listing Low Harbour on any of my maps; and it was never
enumerated on the censuses for Quebec. However, there is a Low, Quebec, in
Ottawa County that was enumerated on the census beginning in 1851 -- some 40km
north of Ottawa on Rt. 105.

Low is just off Lake St.Marie that feeds the Gatineau River, so it is quite
possible that there was a small hamlet on the water that was called Low Harbour.
There are no nearby towns that are larger, so the nearest place of any size is
Gatineau. The nearest town is Martindale, about 4km to the north. Perhaps
someone who knows that area better can help further.

Steve Carter

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