Saint-Venant-de-Paquette

Saint-Venant is perched in the Appalachian Mountains on its own stone balcony, leaning towards New Hampshire and the Hall River. Immigrants arriving from the Richelieu Valley around 1862 chose this enchanting site. The municipalities of Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, Saint-Herménégilde and East Hereford were first known as the Municipality of Hereford Township. It was in 1917, after the departure of Saint-Herménégilde and East Hereford, that Saint-Venant-de-Paquette became the municipality of the parish of Saint-Venant-de-Hereford and then of Saint-Venant-de-Paquette, due to the fact that the residents were served by both the parish of Saint-Venant-de-Hereford and by the post office located in the railway station of Paquetteville. The church-museum (1877) has its original varnished-wood interior intact its unique architecture has earned the nickname “Turret of the Townships.” The Caisse Populaireread more > (1907) was the first such financial institution set rurally in North America. You can now visit the Maison de l’Arbre, the starting point of the Sentier Poétique, inaugurated in 1998 by the Friends of Heritage (which includes renowned Quebec singer Richard Séguin) to celebrate our native poets.