Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec

Saint-Sylvestre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 989 as of 2009. It is named after Pope Sylvester I.

Saint-Sylvestre
Municipality
Principale street (route 216).
Principale street (route 216).
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Location within Lotbinière RCM.
Saint-Sylvestre is located in Southern Quebec
Saint-Sylvestre
Saint-Sylvestre
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°22′N 71°14′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière
ConstitutedDecember 4, 1996
Government
[2]
 • MayorMario Grenier
 • Federal ridingLotbinière—
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
 • Prov. ridingLotbinière-Frontenac
Area
[2][3]
 • Total148.10 km2 (57.18 sq mi)
 • Land146.41 km2 (56.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total1,035
 • Density7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase 6.4%
 • Dwellings
480
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0S 3C0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-216
R-269
Websitewww.ville.
saint-sylvestre.qc.ca

The Saint-Sylvestre "Miracles"

In 1948-1949, the Bélanger family of Saint-Sylvestre found fame in performing "healing miracles." Visitors from Canada and the United States came to be cured by one of the four Bélanger children, aged 8 to 12. The children allegedly acquired healing powers after having seen their deceased sisters dressed like angels and escorted by the Holy Virgin.

Visitors would leave money to the children for their curing deeds, and they received the support of Reverend Emile Bourassa, from neighbouring Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The priest of Saint-Sylvestre, Reverend Edmond Pelletier, preached against these "miracles" and in 1949, Archbishop Maurice Roy, in the name of the Archdiocese of Quebec, ruled the affair as a hoax. The Bélanger home was closed to visitors soon after.[4]

Royal Canadian Air Force Station St. Sylvestre

From 1953 to 1964, Saint-Sylvestre hosted a Pinetree Line Radar station located on Mont Saint-Marguerite, just five miles southeast of the Village. Construction starting in 1952, the Station opened on 15 September 1953, as RCAF Station Ste-Marie, being renamed RCAF Station St. Sylvestre, in 1955. The Station closed in 1964.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Reference number 324645 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 33007 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec (Code 2433007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. "Miracle Business". Time. 1949-10-03. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  5. RCAF Station St. Sylvestre, QC, Development Program (1961), National Archives of Canada. See: http://67.69.104.76:84/Pinetreeline/other/other40/other40q.html%5B%5D Accessed 17.04.2016
  6. National Archives of Canada, Historical Summary: RCAF Station St. Sylvestre, 30 September 1953 to 31 March 1956. See: http://67.69.104.76:84/Pinetreeline/other/other40/other40h.html%5B%5D Accessed 20.04.2016
  7. Marie-France St-Laurent, En passant par le rang Beaurivage: Saint-Sylvestre. See: http://www.sphslotbiniere.org/Municipalites/Documents/Article-Rassembleur-Saint-Sylvestre.pdf Accessed 21.04.2016


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