Roberval, Quebec
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Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 9,840 in the Canada 2021 Census, it is the
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Flood in Roberval in 1928
Roberval City Hall, a National Historic Site of Canada
Jean-François Roberval
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Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval was a French nobleman and adventurer who, through his friendship with King Francis I, became the first Lieutenant General of New France. As a corsair he attacked
Roberval, Quebec
…after the geographic township of Roberval, which in turn was named by surveyor Joseph Bouchette in honour of the first Lieutenant General of New France Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval (1496–1560). In 1862, the Roberval post office opened. In 1884, the settlement separated from the municipality to form the Village Municipality of…
Sketch of de La Rocque de Roberval by Jean Clouet, Chateau de Chantilly, France