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Gabriel River
The Gabriel River (''in French: rivière Gabriel'') is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Pin which flows northward to the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada . Toponymy The toponym Rivière Gabriel was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. See also *List of rivers of Quebec
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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] |
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains. Chaudière-Appalaches has a population of 420,082 residents (as of the Canada 2016 Census) and a land area of . The main cities are Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines, Sainte-Marie and Montmagny. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities Equivalent territory Major communities *Beauceville * L'Islet * Lac-Etchemin * Lévis * Montmagny * Saint-Agapit *Saint-Anselme * Saint-Apollinaire * Saint-Georges * Saint-Henri *Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce *Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon * Sainte-Marie *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 Appalac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse Regional County Municipality
Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse. Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, and Saint-Damien had wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population. The region belongs to the Lévis—Bellechasse federal electoral district. Subdivisions There are 20 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (13) * Armagh * Beaumont * Honfleur * Saint-Anselme * Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse * Saint-Gervais * Saint-Henri * Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse * Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse * Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse * Saint-Raphaël * Saint-Vallier * Sainte-Claire ;Parishes (7) * La Durantaye * Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland * Saint-Damien-de-Buckland * Saint-Léon-de-Standon * Saint-Malachie * Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester * Saint-Philà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, Quebec
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy is a village of 849 people located in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Geographically it is located in the Notre Dame Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains located in Canada. It was founded in 1862. See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References External links City website Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches 1862 establishments in Canada {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Armagh, Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Montmagny, Quebec, Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, in Canada. Geography The South River has its source in rang Saint-Thomas, in the Ashburton (township), township of D'Ashburton, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre- Dame-du-Rosaire 25 km south-east of Montmagny, Quebec, Montmagny. This source is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Philémon, Quebec
Saint-Philémon is a parish municipality of about 700 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec. 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-Philémon 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 See also * Mount Chocolat Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Du Pin (rivière Du Sud Tributary)
The rivière du Pin is a tributary of the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The Rivière du Pin crosses the regional county municipalities (RCM) of: * Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality: municipality of Saint-Magloire; * Bellechasse Regional County Municipality: municipalities of Saint-Philémon, Armagh; * Montmagny Regional County Municipality: municipality of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud. Geography The Pin river has its source in a mountainous area in the municipality of Saint-Magloire in the Notre Dame Mountains. From its source, the Pin river "flows in a valley encircled on according to the following segments: * towards the northeast, up to the limit between Saint-Magloire and Saint-Philémon; * towards the north, collecting water from mountain streams, up to the falls "Les Portes de l'Enfer"; * n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Du Nord (Gabriel River)
Rivière du Nord or Rivière-du-Nord (''River of the north'') may refer to: Streams * Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), a tributary of the Ottawa River in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada * Rivière du Nord (Hudson Bay), in the Hudson Bay watershed of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada * Rivière du Nord (New Brunswick), a tributary of Caraquet Bay west of Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada * Rivière du Nord (Muskrat River tributary), in Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada Communities * La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality, in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada ** Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district) Rivière-du-Nord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Geography The district consists of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality. It includes ..., a Canadian federal electoral district See also * North River (other) {{geodis, Riviere du Nord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Du Pin (rivière Du Sud Tributary)
The rivière du Pin is a tributary of the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The Rivière du Pin crosses the regional county municipalities (RCM) of: * Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality: municipality of Saint-Magloire; * Bellechasse Regional County Municipality: municipalities of Saint-Philémon, Armagh; * Montmagny Regional County Municipality: municipality of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud. Geography The Pin river has its source in a mountainous area in the municipality of Saint-Magloire in the Notre Dame Mountains. From its source, the Pin river "flows in a valley encircled on according to the following segments: * towards the northeast, up to the limit between Saint-Magloire and Saint-Philémon; * towards the north, collecting water from mountain streams, up to the falls "Les Portes de l'Enfer"; * n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Armagh, Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Montmagny, Quebec, Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, in Canada. Geography The South River has its source in rang Saint-Thomas, in the Ashburton (township), township of D'Ashburton, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre- Dame-du-Rosaire 25 km south-east of Montmagny, Quebec, Montmagny. This source is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Office québécois de la lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
