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Lapointe Des Palmistes, Nord-Ouest
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Lapointe, La Pointe, laPoint, le-Pointe, le point, or variant, may refer to: Places United States *La Pointe, an antiquated name for Galena, Illinois *Lapoint, Utah, USA, an unincorporated community *La Pointe, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *La Pointe (town), Wisconsin, a town *La Pointe County, Wisconsin Other places *Lapointe (electoral district), a former Canadian electoral riding *Lapointe, Nord-Ouest, Haiti *Le Point (Hong Kong), a housing estate in Hong Kong *La Pointe, Saint Barthélemy Other *Lapointe (surname) *''Le Point'', French weekly news magazine * ''Le Point'' (TV series), a former Canadian television news series See also * Dufour-Lapointe * Point (other) Point or points may refer to: Places * Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States * Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland * Point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galena, Illinois
Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, with a population of 3,308 at the 2020 census. A section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galena Historic District. The city is named for the mineral galena, which was in the ore that formed the basis for the region's early lead mining economy. Native Americans, primarily Mesquakie, Ho-Chunk, Sauk, and Menominee had mined galena in the area for more than a thousand years before European Americans settled in the area. Owing to these deposits, Galena was the site of the first major mineral rush in the United States. By 1828, the population was estimated at 10,000, rivaling the population of Chicago at the time. Galena developed as the largest steamboat hub on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. Galena was the home of Ulysses S. Grant and eight other Civil War generals. Today, the city is a tourist destination known for its history, architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapoint, Utah
Lapoint is an unincorporated community in western Uintah County, Utah, United States. Description The community lies along State Route 121, just inside the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, and west of the city of Vernal (the county seat of Uintah County). Deep Creek, a tributary of the Uinta River flow southwest through Lapoint. The community's elevation is . Although Lapoint is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84039. Originally named ''Taft'' in honor of William Howard Taft, its name was changed to ''Lapoint'' since it lies on a southward-jutting spur or "point" of the Uinta Mountains. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Lapoint has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Notable people * Lane Frost (1963-1989), world champion professional rodeo bull rider, hall of fame inductee *Shawn Bradley Shawn Paul Bradley is a German-American former professional basketball player who played center for the Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pointe, Wisconsin
La Pointe is an unincorporated community in the town of La Pointe, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is on the western shore of Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands. Downtown La Pointe is adjacent to the Madeline Island Ferry dock. La Pointe has a post office with ZIP code 54850. While the area encompassing the Town of La Pointe is made up of the entire Apostle Islands archipelago, the residents of the community live almost exclusively on Madeline Island because it is the only Apostle Island open to commercial development.Madelineisland.com The does not publish population figures specific to the unincorporated community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pointe (town), Wisconsin
La Pointe is a town in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 428 at the 2020 census. The town includes all of the Apostle Islands except for the westernmost four, which lie in the towns of Bayfield and Russell in Bayfield County. The town includes the unincorporated community of La Pointe on Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands (and the only one open for commercial development). The communities of Middleport and Old Fort are also located in the town. Its name in the Anishinaabe language is ''Mooningwanekaaning,'' meaning "The Home of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker". Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 78.0 square miles (201.9 km2), of which, 77.6 square miles (200.9 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (0.50%) is water. Madeline Island is part of the Town of La Pointe. County Highway H serves as a main route. Nearby is Chequamego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pointe County, Wisconsin
La Pointe County was created on February 19, 1845, by the Territory of Wisconsin from the northern portion of the existing territorial St. Croix County, encompassing the remaining portions of the Northwest Territory in Wisconsin Territory north of the line drawn from the confluence of the Ripple River with the Mississippi River (today, near Aitkin, Minnesota) to the western edge of Lac Courte Oreilles, to the eastern edge of Lac Courte Oreilles, and to the western branch of the Montreal River. The county was named for the community of La Pointe, Wisconsin on Madeline Island, which was its county seat from 1858 until 1866. When Wisconsin achieved statehood on May 29, 1848, La Pointe County was divided between the present day Minnesota and Wisconsin. That portion of the Wisconsin Territory's La Pointe County between the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers became 'de facto Wisconsin Territory' until it was incorporated, along with unorganized federal land north of Iowa, in the creatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapointe (electoral District)
Lapointe was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Chicoutimi riding. It consisted of the city of Arvida and the towns of Kénogami and Jonquière and the western part of the county of Chicoutimi. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapointe, Nord-Ouest
Lapointe (or La Pointe) is a commune in the Port-de-Paix Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. Once a ''communal section The communal section (french: section communale, formerly section rurale) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections. Operation It is headed by an executive body, the CASE ...'', a presidential decree on 22 July 2015 made it a commune. References Populated places in Nord-Ouest (department) Communes of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Point (Hong Kong)
Metro Town Phase One, often abbreviated to Metro Town (), is a private residential high-rise development located in the Tseung Kwan O district of the New Territories in Hong Kong, on top of the MTR station in Tiu Keng Leng. It was a joint development by Cheung Kong Holdings, Nan Fung Group and MTR Corporation, which began in 2006. The complex consists of four towers, each of which ranks among the tallest buildings in the city. The tallest buildings in the complex are Metro Town Tower 1 and Metro Town Tower 2 (also called Le Point), which both rise and have 62 floors. The towers are tied with Four Seasons Place as the 45th-tallest buildings in Hong Kong. Towers 3 and 5 rise and have 63 floors, standing as the 76th-tallest buildings in the city and tied in rank with One and Two Exchange Square. The entire complex was completed in 2006. Metro Town is planned to contain ten skyscrapers, but as of 2008 only the four towers of Phase One have been constructed. This first pha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pointe, Saint Barthélemy
La Pointe is a ''quartier'' of Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se .... It is located in the western part of the island at the end of Gustavia. Populated places in Saint Barthélemy Quartiers of Saint Barthélemy {{SaintBarthélemy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapointe (surname)
Lapointe or LaPoint or Lepoint or LePoint is a surname. Notable people with this surname include; Lapointe Singers or artists from Quebec, Canada * Éric Lapointe (singer) (born 1969), musician * Jean Lapointe (1935–2022), actor, comedian, singer, and politician * Pierre Lapointe (born 1981), singer-songwriter * Stéphanie Lapointe (born 1984), singer, songwriter, and actress * Suzanne Lapointe (1934–2015), singer and actress Politicians from Quebec, Canada * Ernest Lapointe (1876–1941), lawyer and politician * François Lapointe (politician) (born 1971), politician * Linda Lapointe (born 1960), business woman and politician * Lisette Lapointe (born 1943), politician, journalist and teacher, * Renaude Lapointe (1912–2002), journalist and politician Other people named Lapointe * Boby Lapointe (1922–1972), French singer * Claude Lapointe (born 1968), NHL player for the New York Islanders * Éric Lapointe (Canadian football) (born 1974): Football player for the Montreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Point
''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris. History and profile ''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', which was then owned by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, a ''député'' (member of parliament) of the Parti Radical, a centrist party. The company operating ''Le Point'', ''Société d'exploitation de l'hebdomadaire Le Point'' (''SEBDO Le Point'') has its head office in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The founders emphasize on readers' need and it became the aim of ''Le Point'' which is published weekly on Thursdays by Le Point Communication. After a fairly difficult start in September 1972, the magazine quickly challenged ''L'Express''. The editorial team of spring 1972 found financial backing with group Hachette and was then directed by Claude Imbert. Other journalists making up the team were: Jacques Duquesne, Henri Trinchet, Pierre B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Point (TV Series)
''Le Point'' is a Canadian television newsmagazine series, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1983 to 2006. The program, which aired following ''Le Téléjournal'' weeknights, explored the news in depth with interviews and documentary reports."The crew of Le Point is pleased with debut". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 14, 1983. The program was introduced in 1983, one year after the network's English counterpart CBC Television introduced the similar series '' The Journal'' as a complement to its main newscast '' The National''."The Journal en francais set for Radio-Canada". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 28, 1983. It premiered on September 12 that year, with hosts Denise Bombardier and Simon Durivage, replacing the network's weekly news series ''Noir sur blanc''. The program also represented an attempt to expand Radio-Canada's coverage of international affairs; prior to the program's introduction, the network maintained news bureaux only in Canada, while relying on television network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
