The Sorel Mini Tourist Guide
Ville de Sorel-Tracy 2005
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Various maps of Sorel-Tracy with reference points.
Ville de Sorel 1815 - Town of William Henry
This map by Joseph Bouchette, published August 12 1815 by W. Faden, is on deposit at the Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec under the name Plan of the town of William Henry. In 1815 Bouchette wrote: there is a population of 1,500 souls in town and 150 houses other than the stores, barracks, and government buildings. The houses are of wood but the churches, both Protestant and Catholic are in stone; there are eight main streets all bearing the name of a different member of the royal family.1
In 1860 the city council beseeched the government to subsitiute the name William-Henry, the town name since its founding, to that of Sorel, in honour of the founder of the settlement. The favour was granted: William-Henry became ville de Sorel.1 At that time the population was 3,345:2 3,238 Canadians of french origin, 1 Scot, 7 Irishmen.
1-Histoire de Sorel, Abbé A. Couillard Després. 2-The Abbé did not know how to add or the Scot does not count.