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Etchemin Language
Etchemin may refer to: * Etchemin language, a language of the Algonquian language family, spoken in early colonial times on the coast of Maine * Etchemin River, a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec See also * Beauce-Etchemin School Board, headquartered in Saint-Georges, Quebec * Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet, a former federal electoral district in Quebec (1997-2004) * Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, a federal electoral district in Quebec (from 2004) * École secondaire les Etchemins, a school in Charny, Quebec * Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, a municipality in and the seat of Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality ** Lac Etchemin Airport * Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM ...
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Etchemin Language
Etchemin may refer to: * Etchemin language, a language of the Algonquian language family, spoken in early colonial times on the coast of Maine * Etchemin River, a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec See also * Beauce-Etchemin School Board, headquartered in Saint-Georges, Quebec * Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet, a former federal electoral district in Quebec (1997-2004) * Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, a federal electoral district in Quebec (from 2004) * École secondaire les Etchemins, a school in Charny, Quebec * Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, a municipality in and the seat of Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality ** Lac Etchemin Airport * Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM ...
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Etchemin River
The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec. It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "les Etchemins." The source of the river is not Etchemin Lake but a little east of the lake, in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse. The Etchemin River, which had become been the victim of pollution for decades, became the topic of conversation in 1993, when a few residents of Saint-Léon-de-Standon began work on a project to revive the Atlantic salmon in the river. The project was scoffed at in the beginning since damming and logging along the Etchemin's shore and agricultural runoff and dumping had polluted the river so much that Atlantic salmon had been last seen there two centuries earlier. Although the odds were against them, locals from different riverbank communities began work on the river and formed the Comité de restauration de la rivière ...
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Beauce-Etchemin School Board
The Beauce-Etchemin School Board (la Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Etchemin) has its headquarters in Saint-Georges, 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 thirtee .... The last Director-General of the School Board was Camil Turmel as of June 26, 2006. Administration It covers fifty-five municipalities and is divided into seven sectors; * Sector des Abénaquis * Sector des Appalaches * Sector Bélanger * Sector Benoît-Vachon * Sector Saint-François * Sector Sartigan * Sector Veilleux The slogan of the School Board in French is "Ensemble vers l'avenir" which translates as "Together towards the future". The slogan means that education is the foundation upon which we can build upon towards a better and brighter future for all generations. External links La Commissio ...
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Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. It was created as "Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1996 from Bellechasse electoral district. It was renamed "Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1997. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny ridings. The district consisted of the cities of L'Islet, Lac-Etchemin, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the Regional County Municipalities of Bellechasse, L'Islet, Montmagny and Les Etchemins (except the municipalities of Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Zacharie and Sainte-Aurélie). Members of Parliament This riding elected only one Member of Parliament: Normand won the 1997 election narrowly over François Langlois of the ''Bloc Québécois'', but beat h ...
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Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (formerly Lévis—Bellechasse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings. Geography The riding is located south of Quebec City and covers a strip of land between the city's cross-river suburbs and the Canada–US border. It is located in the Quebec region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It consists of the RCM of Bellechasse and most of Les Etchemins, as well as the eastern part of the city of Lévis. The neighbouring ridings are Beauce, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Louis-Hébert, Québec, Beauport—Limoilou, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup. The 2012 federal electoral distribution has concluded this riding will retain its current boundaries, but was renamed ...
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École Secondaire Les Etchemins
École secondaire les Etchemins (ESLE) is a French-language high school in Charny, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... operated by the Commission scolaire des Navigateurs school board. The principal is Sonia Bédard. The school includes the Salle Louis-Philippe Arcand auditorium. In 2016, Yvan Girouard, a teacher at École secondaire les Etchemins, was the recipient of the Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence. In 1994 and 1996, Chau Ly-Hai, a grade 11 chemistry teacher at École secondaire les Etchemins, was the recipient of the Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence. References External links *School page at school board's site High schools in Quebec Buildings and structures in Lévis, Quebec Education in Chaudière-App ...
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Lac-Etchemin, Quebec
Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,028 as of 2021. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality. "Etchemin" means "men, human beings" in Abenaki language. Lac-Etchemin is home to winter resort Mont Orignal and the birthplace of controversial religious Community of the Lady of All Nations. History The area near Etchemin Lake was first described in 1828 as lovely by the surveyor Emmanuel. A few years later, in 1835, the region sees its first settler, Commissary General Sir Randolph Isham Routh KCB (1782–1858), who was given a land grant of for his services to the Crown. The new municipality of Lac-Etchemin was created in 2001 following the amalgamation of the city of Lac-Etchemin and the parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin. People linked to Lac-Etchemin * Joseph-Damase Bégin, Quebe ...
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Lac Etchemin Airport
Lac Etchemin Airport is located adjacent to Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References Registered aerodromes in Chaudière-Appalaches {{Quebec-airport-stub ...
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