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Commission Scolaire Pierre-Neveu
The Centre de services scolaire Pierre-Neveu is serving 5 school districts located in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of the Canadian province of Quebec. The board, which was established in 1972, was named after Pierre Neveu, a religious figure in Quebec during the twentieth century. The school board headquarters are in the École du Sacré-Cœur in Mont-Laurier. " Commission scolaire Pierre-Neveu. Retrieved on September 17, 2017. "Centre administratif – École du Sacré-Cœur (054) 525, rue de la Madone Mont-Laurier (Québec) J9L 1S4" Current issues The last school board elections take place on Sunday, November 2, 2014. The position of chairman has been chosen by |
Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality
Antoine-Labelle is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle. Subdivisions There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Mont-Laurier * Rivière-Rouge ;Municipalities (14) * Chute-Saint-Philippe * Ferme-Neuve * Kiamika * Lac-des-Écorces * Lac-du-Cerf * Lac-Saint-Paul * La Macaza * L'Ascension * Mont-Saint-Michel * Nominingue * Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain * Notre-Dame-du-Laus * Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles * Sainte-Anne-du-Lac ;Villages (1) * Lac-Saguay ;Unorganized Territory (11) * Baie-des-Chaloupes * Lac-Akonapwehikan * Lac-Bazinet * Lac-De La Bidière * Lac-de-la-Maison-de-Pierre * Lac-de-la-Pomme * Lac-Douaire * Lac-Ernest * Lac-Marguerite * Lac-Oscar * Lac-Wagwabika Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec
Mont-Saint-Michel is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Geography The main population centre of Mont-Saint-Michel is located north of Mont-Laurier on the western banks of the Lièvre River. Its territory is characterized by a vast swamp and natural bog. Lake Gravel is one notable lake with vacation cottages surrounding it. History The place was originally called Saint-Michel-des-Cèdres, but it was renamed to avoid confusion with the similarly named Saint-Michel-des-Saints. In 1912, its post office opened, and in 1915, a parish was set up as a mission under the name Saint-Michel-Archange. On September 11, 1928, the Municipality of Mont-Saint-Michel was created out of territory ceded from the Ferme-Neuve, United Township Municipality of Wurtele, Moreau et Gravel and Sainte-Anne-du-Lac, Township of Décarie. Demographics Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 280 (total dwellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nominingue
Nominingue is a small village and municipality located north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Mountains. It was formerly called Lac-Nominingue, but changed name on September 16, 2000. Nominingue is located along Route 117, between Mont-Laurier and Rivière-Rouge, and is near the International Airport of Rivière-Rouge/Mont-Tremblant. It is surrounded by dozens of lakes, including Petit and Grand Lac Nominingue, Lac des Grandes Baies, and Lac Sainte-Marie, as well as a forest. It is near Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve and Rouge-Matawin Wildlife Reserve. The village was established in the late 1880s by pioneers sent by Curé Labelle to develop this mountainous and wild region. It was once the last station of the famous " P'tit train du Nord" (Little train of the North), until it was extended to Mont-Laurier Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chute-Saint-Philippe
Chute-Saint-Philippe is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. The village is located in a fairly flat valley surrounded by a mountainous area of the Laurentian Hills that are dominated by mixed forest. History The settlement initially had the name Chute-Leon at the beginning of the 20th century, in memory of Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903), and was called Victoria Falls by 1903, in honour of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). In 1921, a mission was founded here with Philip the Apostle as its patron saint. In 1934, the local post office was renamed to Chute-Saint-Philippe, taking its name from a drop on the Kiamika River and the patron saint. On December 26, 1940, the Municipality of Chute St-Philippe was formed out of territory ceded from Ferme-Neuve and an adjacent unorganized territory. In 1969, the orthography was adjusted to Chute-Saint-Philippe. In 1966, the mission received its status as a parish. Demogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiamika, Quebec
Kiamika is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Joseph Montferrand (1802-1864), a logger of imposing stature and extraordinary physical strength, was from Kiamika. Etymology The municipality is named after the Kiamika River, which flows through its territory and is a tributary of the Lièvre River. This name, mentioned by Stanislas Drapeau as ''Kiamica'' and appearing on a map of Quebec by Eugène Taché from 1870, comes from the Algonquin word ''kickiamika'' meaning "steep cut below the water", from ''kicki'' (steep cut) and ''amick'' (below the water). However, an alternate meaning may be "deep and quiet river", from the roots ''kiam'' (deep) and ''ka'' (quiet). History In 1883, the Colonization Society of Montarville was founded and took possession of the area in 1884. On the banks of the Lièvre River, about south of Val-Barrette, settlers established the mission of Saint-Gérard-de-Kiamika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain
Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. The village itself is located between Camp and Dudley Lakes in the Lièvre River watershed. History European colonization began when logging companies started to exploit the forests of the Du Lièvre River in the second half of the 19th century. By 1881, there were 35 families in the village. In 1884, the local parish was formed which extended over the territory of Wabassee, Dudley, and Bouthillier geographic townships. The first pastor, Eugene Trinquier, serving from 1886 to 1907, was originally from Gap in the Hautes-Alpes (France) and named the parish Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, after the apparitions of Our Lady of Pontmain Our Lady of Pontmain, also known as Our Lady of Hope, is the title given to the Virgin Mary following her apparition at Pontmain, France on 17 January 1871. The Apparition The Franco-Prussian War (also called th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-du-Laus
Notre-Dame-du-Laus is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. The municipality is characterized by hilly forests with a great number of lakes, rivers, and creeks. Because of those nature gems, there are many cottages owned and built in the area. The eastern portion of its territory is part of the Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve. Consequently, the local economy is dependent on forestry as well as on the influx of tourists, fishermen and hunters. History Between 1820 and 1849, the Hudson's Bay Company operated a trading post at the outlet of Sables Lake on the Du Lièvre River that controlled all the fur brigades from the upper Du Lièvre and Gatineau Rivers. In 1873, the Notre-Dame-du-Laus parish was founded, named after the apparitions of Our Lady of Laus Our Lady of Laus (french: Notre-Dame du Laus) or Refuge of Sinners denotes Marian apparitions that took place between 1664 and 1718 in Saint-É ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Anne-du-Lac
Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is a municipality and village in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Sainte-Anne-du-Lac is the northernmost community in the Laurentides region, about from Mont-Laurier. The village itself is located at the northern terminus of Quebec Route 309, on the south shore of Lake Tapani. History Settlement began around 1870. In 1916, the Parish of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac was formed, and the following year, the first school was built. Also in 1917, the Township of Décarie was established, and incorporated as a township municipality in 1920. It was named in honour of Jérémie-Louis Décarie. The township municipality used to extend to the Lièvre River, but the south-eastern portion was ceded in 1928 to the then newly created Municipality of Mont-Saint-Michel. In 1950, the village itself separated from the township to form the Village Municipality of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac. On December 30, 1976, the township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferme-Neuve
Ferme-Neuve (French for "New Farm") is a municipality part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is the largest incorporated municipality of the Laurentides region. The village is located on the shores of the Du Lièvre River and Journalists Lake, and along Quebec Route 309, about north of Mont-Laurier. History In the 19th century, the area began attracting loggers because of its rich red and white pine stands. In 1850, the James MacLaren logging company built a large tree farm called "La Ferme de la Montagne" that was used as a supply camp for loggers. It was sold in 1888 to Cyrille Lafontaine and inhabited by his son Léonard who became the first settler and farmer of Ferme-Neuve. In 1898, the Ferme-Neuve Post Office opened. In 1902, a group of 8 Montreal journalists, under direction from Lomer Gouin, Minister of Colonization, built a model farm in order to attract more settlers. They also launched a public subsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentides
The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. The area is the traditional territory of the Algonquin First Nation. French Canadians began settlement in the first half of the 19th century, establishing an agricultural presence throughout the valleys. During the 20th century, the area also became a popular tourist destination, based on a cottage and lake culture in the summer, and a downhill and cross-country ski culture in the winter. Ski resorts include Saint-Sauveur and Mont Tremblant. The Laurentides offer a weekend escape for Montrealers and tourists from New England to Ontario, and with the building of a major highway through the area in the 1970s ( Autoroute 15), the area has experienced much growth. Its largest city is Saint-Jérôme, in its extreme southeast, with a 2011 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-Rouge
Rivière-Rouge (English translation: Red River) is a city located in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 4,631. History As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, the city was created on December 18, 2002 by the amalgamation of the villages of L'Annonciation, La Macaza, Sainte-Véronique, and Canton Marchand. After a referendum in 2004, La Macaza regained its independent status on January 1, 2006 but remains part of the Urban agglomeration of Rivière-Rouge. The urban agglomeration is responsible for managing aspects that are common to all municipalities that were once merged, examples are 911 service, public safety, recycling and many other city functions that were merged into the city. The original villages are now the sectors of L'Annonciation, Marchand, and Sainte-Veronique. Although the city is named Rivière-Rouge, most people still call each town by its historical name. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
