Saint-Sylvestre, Quebec
| Saint-Sylvestre | |
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| Municipality | |
 Location within Lotbinière RCM. |
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 Saint-Sylvestre
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| Coordinates: 46°22′N 71°14′W / 46.367°N 71.233°WCoordinates: 46°22′N 71°14′W / 46.367°N 71.233°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| 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 (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,035 |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 6.4% |
| • Dwellings | 480 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0S 3C0 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |
 Route 216 Route 269
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| Website | www |
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.
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.
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.
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