 A former convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary is now the village museum.Though the post office opened in 1879, St. Pierre-Jolys was only incorporated as a village in 1947.A unique part of the area's history was the establishment of a POW camp during World War II 6 miles south of St. Pierre in 1943, the camp held about 200 prisoners working on a sugar beet farm.