Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon

Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is a municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Mairie de Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon 01.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Town hall of St-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.shield_size: 100x90px
Settlement.motto: Chez nous vous êtes chez vous(English: With us you are at home)
Settlement.image_map: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within D'Autray RCM
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Central Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_label

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Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon is a municipality in the D'Autray Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada.

==History== The first settlers, mostly Irish and Scottish Loyalists, came around 1825 to the shores of Lake Maskinongé, where they formed a community that was known as Lake Maskinongé Settlement by 1827, and later as the Mission of Lac-Maskinongé. In 1837, the name Saint-Gabriel-du-Lac-Maskinongé came in use but was changed to Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1840. This name refers to the angel Gabriel and the geographic township of Brandon that was proclaimed in 1827 and in which it is located.