Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier

Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡabʁijɛl də valkaʁtje]) is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the Jacques-Cartier River valley.

It has been home to the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier since World War I.

Around 1816, John Neilson (1776-1848), together with Andrew Stuart and Louis Moquin, Quebec lawyers, obtained some 50 concessions in the Saint-Gabriel seignory.

This marked the start of the Val-Cartier settlement that was intended to receive Irish and Scottish colonizers.

[1] Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,124 (total dwellings: 1,204) Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-Ouest Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Media related to Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier at Wikimedia Commons