French Long
Lots
The large estate owners divided their land grants into narrow strips which they sold or rented to individual French settler families. The first phase of settlement was along the St. Lawrence River. Later farms were established along smaller rivers and eventually along parallel roads away from the rivers. The oldest farms were 260 yards wide and extended back from the river 2,600 yards -- referred to as the First Range. What ratio is this? In some parts of Quebec, farms have ratios of 1:100! The next layer of settlement was called the Second Range, etc.
How many Ranges are found on this
map?
What prominent buildings are located in the middle of the
village?
- long lot farms in this diagram have a ratio of 1:10
- three ranges: along the river, the road, and an incomplete settlement along the northern-most part of the road
- a Roman Catholic church and a gristmill for grinding wheat into flour for bread were commonly located in the center of the village
