Lordship of Batiscan

The Lordship of Batiscan was located on, and included 1/2 lieue of frontage along, the north shore of the St. Lawrence River (between the mouth of the Batisan and Champlain Rivers, in the current administrative area the Mauricie) in the province of Quebec, Canada. It was 20 lieues deep. Granted in 1639 to the Jesuits, colonization of the manor began in 1666, after an initial allotments were added to the census in 1665.) The northern boundary of the Lordship was past the source of the Saint-Maurice River. It was the deepest in the seigneurial system of New France. The Lordship of Batiscan became the most populous governed area of the Three Rivers by the end of the 17th Century.

In the 17th century, intensive colonization of the Lordship focused on the lowlands south of the Saint-Narcisse moraine, especially between 1665 and 1674, when the Jesuits approve 79 concessions. In the 18th century, the colonization effort involved two major phases: from 1705 to 1724 and from 1740 to 1760. Colonization north into pioneer zones north of the Saint-Narcisse moraine because lots below the moraine were fully settled. Today this area is included in Saint-Stanislas, Mauricie, Quebec whose civil registers opened in 1787. In the middle of the 18th century (the end of French rule), the Lordship of Batiscan ceased to exist and its population was included in the manors north of Lake Saint-Pierre or those of Lordship Yamachiche and Lordship of Rivière-du-Loup.

Concession to Jacques de la Ferté in 1636

On 15 January 1636, the Company of New France granted to Mr. Jacques de la Ferté, Abbot of St. Mary Magdalene of Châteaudun, himself a member of the company, a "fief and lordship of ten lieues in width (approximately 32.48 kilometres (20.18 mi)) along the shore of the St. Lawrence River, by twenty "lieues" (about 64.96 kilometres (40.36 mi)) north from the River. The territory included nearly all the land between the River Trois-Rivières and Batiscan River. The depth of this concession was unclear. The act of 1639 conceded to the Jesuits a part of this large territory to establish the Lordship of Batiscan.

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