St Pierre Church, Havre St Pierre, Quebec. -

In 1857, a group of Acadian families from the Magdalen Islands, who had previously been deported from Savannah (Georgia, USA), settled on Eskimo Point (Pointe aux Esquimaux). The first mass was held on June 29, 1857, day of the feast of Saint Pierre (St Peter) in a mission Chapel built in the settlement.

St Pierre Church as it stands today actually opened in 1960. The original parish church opened in 1872 as the Parish of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Pointe-aux-Esquimaux. The same year the settlement’s post office opened under the name Esquimaux Point.

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