Earthquake Of 1663

Known in Canadian history as the "Great

Earthquake." The most extravagant accounts have come down as to the

circumstances attending this earthquake, but it was undoubtedly the most

serious disturbance of the earth's crust, in Canadian territory, of

which we have any record. It affected chiefly the valley of the St.

Lawrence from Montreal to the gulf, a region more susceptible to seismic

disturbance than any other in Eastern Canada. Kingsford cites

contemporary reports of similar phenomena in 1638 and 1766. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era)

Described by Avaugour, 46-47. (Bishop Laval era) Lalemant's account of, 42-45; Marie de

l'Incarnation on, 45; conversions resulting from, 45-46. =Bib.=:

Charlevoix, Histoire de la Nouvelle France; Lalemant, Relation,

1663; Ragueneau, Vie de Catherine de St. Augustin; Marie de

l'Incarnation, Lettres; Parkman, Old Regime; Kingsford, History of

Canada.