Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Sylvestre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ silvɛstʁ] ) is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and had a population is 989 as of 2009. It is named after Pope Sylvester I.
Saint-Sylvestre | |
|---|---|
_à_Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage.jpg) Principale street (route 216). | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. | |
  Saint-Sylvestre Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°22′N 71°14′W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière |
| Constituted | December 4, 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Grenier |
| • Federal riding | Lotbinière— Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| • Prov. riding | Lotbinière-Frontenac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 148.10 km2 (57.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 146.41 km2 (56.53 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,035 |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  6.4% |
| • Dwellings | 480 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-216  R-269 |
| Website | www.ville. saint-sylvestre.qc.ca |
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 tse "miracles" and in 1949, Archbishop Maurice Roy, in the name of the Archdiocese of Quebec, ruled the affair as a hoax. The Bélanger home soon closed to visitors soon.[4]
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]
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