Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier

Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier 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.

History
In 1647, Robert Giffard de Moncel was granted the Saint-Gabriel seignory that became property of the Jesuits in 1667 and Crown property in 1800. 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.

In 1832, the Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was formed when it was detached from Sainte-Catherine(-de-la-Jacques-Cartier) and Charlesbourg. In 1845, the Municipality of Valcartier was created in 1845 but abolished in 1847. The Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier was officially established in 1855, then divided in 1862 into two municipalities: Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.

In 1985, Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier were merged again to form the current municipality.

Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1,124 (total dwellings: 1,204)

List of mayors
Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-Ouest Mayors of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
 * 1878–1881 : Patrick Cosgrove
 * 1881–1882 : Ulric Gauvreau
 * 1882–1884 : Thomas Brown
 * 1884–1887 : James Burns
 * 1887–1890 : Thomas Brown
 * 1890–1895 : Samuel Clark
 * 1895–1903 : Thomas Brown
 * 1903–1909 : Lawrence Corrigan
 * 1909–1911 : James Bowles
 * 1911–1924 : Robert Hayes
 * 1924–1930 : Thomas Knox
 * 1931–1932 : Thomas Murphy
 * 1932–1933 : James Clark
 * 1933 : Albert Corrigan
 * 1933–1941 : John Murphy
 * 1941–1946 : John McCartney
 * 1947–1955 : Cecil Rourke
 * 1955–1961 : Simmons Crawford
 * 1961–1967 : George Murphy
 * 1967–1971 : John McCartney
 * 1972–1985 : Donat Rouleau
 * 1878–1880 : Arthur Wolff (family of Lt. Colonel Alexander Joseph Wolff).
 * 1881 : Thomas Dacres
 * 1882 : William B. McBain
 * 1883 : Francis Ireland
 * 1884–1885 : William B. McBain
 * 1886–1888 : Thomas Dacres
 * 1889 : David B. McCartney
 * 1890 : Charles Jack
 * 1891–1896 : John McBain
 * 1896–1903 : William B. McBain
 * 1903–1905 : Lewis McBain
 * 1905–1906 : Thomas Knox
 * 1906–1908 : Andrew Brown
 * 1908–1914 : Thomas Knox
 * 1914–1923 : John McCartney
 * 1923–1924 : William Neil
 * 1924–1927 : Robert Goodfellow
 * 1927–1936 : Alfred J. Hicks
 * 1937–1940 : William Goodfellow
 * 1941–1946 : Irvin Jack
 * 1947–1948 : William Hicks
 * 1949–1950 : Neilson McBain
 * 1951–1961 : William Hicks
 * 1961–1969 : Russel Paquet
 * 1969–1988 : Lewis Jack
 * 1988– : Brent Montgomery