Wachilmezi

Wachilmezi is the Abenaki word for the white oak, associated with the river known in French as the Rivière du Chêne. The river flows through the wooded lowlands south of the St. Lawrence. French records mention a right to build mills on its waters in 1638. In 1672 the neighbouring lands were granted as the seigneury of Lotbinière, and by 1681 families had settled near the river as well as farther along the shore.