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Breeches Lake
The Breeches Lake (''in French: Lac Breeches'') is located 24 km south of Thetford Mines, in the municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown. It is located near the head of the rivière au Pin, in the southern watershed of the Bécancour River The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalach .... Geography The lake is surrounded by 450 hectares of protected land of which "The Wolfe County Hunting and Fishing Club", founded in 1898, largely owns. The shores around the lake are almost entirely natural; only 40 chalets were built there. The lake receives the discharge from Sunday Lake to the south and is bordered to the north by route 263. References External links Fish characterization of Lac Breeches''Other lakes in the Bécancour zone'' Arthabaska Regiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthabaska Regional County Municipality
Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville. Subdivisions There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Daveluyville * Kingsey Falls * Victoriaville * Warwick ;Municipalities (14) * Chesterville * Maddington Falls * Notre-Dame-de-Ham * Saint-Albert * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick * Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick * Saint-Samuel * Saint-Valère * Tingwick ;Parishes (4) * Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska * Sainte-Séraphine * Saint-Rosaire * Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens ;Townships (1) * Ham-Nord Demographics Mother tongue from 2016 Canadian Census Attractions * Cinq-Chicots School of the Row (Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska) * LaPierre Mill (Norbertville) * Laurier Museum (Victoriaville) * Marie-Victorin Park (Kingsey Falls) * Postes Pavili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie). Centre-du-Québec is not located in the geographic centre of Quebec, though it is approximately located in the centre of the southern portion of the province. Some consider the name Bois-Francs to be synonymous with the Centre-du-Québec region; others see it as being synonymous with Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, with its main city Victoriaville earning the title ''Capitale des Bois-Francs'' (capital of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Lake, Quebec
Sunday Lake (''in French: lac Sunday'') is a lake located in the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region du Centre-du-Québec, in Québec, in Canada. It is headlake of the rivière au Pin, about upstream from . Geography The lake, long and wide, is private and the |
Rivière Au Pin (Bécancour River Tributary)
The rivière au Pin (''in English: Pine River'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, in Canada. The Pin River flows successively, in the MRC of: *Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec: in the municipalities of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens; *Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches: municipalities of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec, Saint-Jacques-le- Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Disraeli (parish), Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Quebec, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown, Saint-Julien, Quebec, Saint-Julien and Irlande. Geography The main neighboring Drainage basin, watersheds of the rivière au Pin are: * north side: Bécancour River, William Lake (Québec), William Lake; * east side: Bécancour River, Lac à la Truite, Coleraine River; * south side: Coulombe North River; * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines ( Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal and 107 km south of Quebec City.Thetford Mines thecanadianencyclopedia.ca It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada. History 
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Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after one of Jesus' first disciples, James, son of Zebedee. Wolfestown was the name of the historic township in which it is located, which was named after General James Wolfe. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References External links * {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bécancour River
The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. It flows west into William Lake at Saint-Ferdinand, changes course northwards towards Inverness, turning westward there and continuing to flow west across the Centre-du-Québec region for most of its length. The river takes a turn northwestward at Saint-Wenceslas, finally emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near the heart of the city of Bécancour. Course The course of the Bécancour, which is , begins at of altitude in the Appalachian Mountains. It has its source in Bécancour Lake, in the town of Thetford Mines. It follows a winding route to Lyster, which marks its entry into the St. Lawrence Lowlands. It then turns west-southwest to Daveluyville where it turns north-west to Bécancour where it flows into the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 263
Route 263 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in the city of Bécancour, Quebec, Bécancour at the junction of Quebec Route 132, Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Quebec Route 161, Route 161 close to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Quebec, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn. List of towns along Route 263 * Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford * Lemieux, Quebec, Lemieux * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Princeville, Québec, Princeville * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Quebec, Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester * Saint-Fortunat, Quebec, Saint-Fortunat * Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown * Disraeli, Quebec (city), Disraeli * Sainte-Praxède, Quebec, Sainte-Praxède * Saint-Romain, Quebec, Saint-Romain * Lambton, Quebec, Lambton * Saint-Sébastien, Estrie, Quebec, Saint-Sébastien * Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton * Marston, Quebec, Marston * Piopolis, Quebec, Piopolis * Saint-Augustin- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
