IMPORTANT DATES
John Nairn
Pointe-au-Pic Wharf
1608
Samuel De Champlain, calls the bay Male Baye or “bad bay”, because it dries out completely at low tide.
1653
The Seigneurie de La Malbaie, which extends from Cap-aux-Oies to Cap-à-l'Aigle, is granted to Sieur Jean de Bourdon, who will fail to populate it. The Seigneurie will revert to the Crown in 1667.
1672
The Seigneurie is granted to Sieur Philippe Gaultier De Comporté, who will sell two thirds of it to François Hazeur and Pierre Soumande in 1687.
1688
François Hazeur buys back the property from Philippe Gaultier De Comporté and begins logging operations with Pierre Soumande. In 1700, Pierre Soumande dies and François Hazeur buys back his share of the property and operations.
1708
Thierry and Pierre Hazeur inherit the Seigneurie at the death of their father.
1724
The Hazeur brothers sell the Seigneurie to district administrator Bégon.
1760
Following the Conquest, General James Murray divides the Seigneurie de La Malbaie into two parcels and grants them to two of his officers: the Murray Bay Seigneurie***, which extends from Cap-aux-Oies to the Malbaie River, is given to John Nairn; and the Mount Murray Seigneurie, which extends from the Malbaie river to the Nairn river, is given to Malcolm Fraser.
1801
Tourists begin to stay at the Fraser and Nairn manors.
