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Lepage (township)
Lepage or LePage or Le Page is a surname that may refer to: * Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz (1695?–1775), author of a memoir about early 18th century Louisiana * Bradford William LePage (1876–1958), Canadian politician * Camille LePage, French journalist * Corinne Lepage (born 1951), French politician * Ebenezer Le Page, character in a novel by G. B. Edwards * Frédéric Lepage, French television writer and producer * G. Peter Lepage, (born 1952) Canadian American theoretical physicist * Guy A. Lepage (born 1960), Canadian comedian and producer * Henri Lepage (other) Henri Lepage may refer to: * Henri Lepage (director) Henri Lepage (12 February 1898 – 31 January 1970) was a French film director, screenwriter, and assistant director Filmography Codirector *1924 : '' La Machine à refaire la vie'', c ... * Henry Le Page (1792–1854), French gunsmith * Jean le Page, known as John Pagus * Jean Le Page (1779–1822), French gunsmith * Jean Le Page, kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine-Simon Le Page Du Pratz
Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz (1695?–1775)John C. Van Horne, "Memoir of a French Visitor: du Pratz, History of Louisiana" Discovering Lewis & Clark was a French ethnographer, historian, and naturalist who is best known for his ''Histoire de la Louisiane''. It was first published in twelve installments from 1751 to 1753 in the ''Journal Economique'', then completely in three volumes in Paris in 1758. After their victory in the Seven Years' War, the British published part of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Paul Lepage (born June 26, 1962) is a retired American professional stock car racing driver, who last drove in NASCAR in 2014. Racing career Early career Lepage spent the 1980s driving in both the Busch North series and the Vermont-based American Canadian Tour series. He drove with occasional success in these series for the better part of 14 years. The highlight during this time was 3 victories at Vermont's Thunder Road International SpeedBowl in its famous "Milk Bowl" race in 1985, 1989 and 1993. Early Busch Series career Lepage made his Busch Series debut in 1986 at Oxford Plains Speedway, starting 41st and finishing 15th in the No. 09 Buick owned by Carl Merrill. He became a Busch Series regular in 1994, serving as an owner/driver in the No. 71 Vermont Teddy Bear Company car and running for Rookie of the Year honors. He had a best finish of 9th at New Hampshire International Speedway, in which he got a flat tire at the very end of the race, and finished 24th in points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Quebec
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé. The nearest towns are Mont-Joli, and Rimouski which lies 40 km to the south-east. Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage takes its name from the colonial lordship, the Seigneurie Lepage-et-Thibierge, which was the early governance of the area. Its 500 residents work largely in agriculture and forestry. The ecclesiastical parish of the same name is in the Archdiocese of Rimouski. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage 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. Population trend:Statistics Canada: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepage River
The Lepage River is a tributary of the Senneterre River, flowing into the municipality of Senneterre, Quebec (parish) and Senneterre, Quebec, into the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada. The course of the "river Lepage" crosses the townships of Tiblemont and Senneterre. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The area is served by some secondary forest roads. The surface of the river is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-December to late March. Geography The hydrographic slopes adjacent to the "Lepage River" are: *North side: Parent Lake (Abitibi), Mégiscane River; *East side: Mégiscane River, Tavernier River; *South side: Guillemette Creek, Guéguen Lake, Saint Vincent River; *West side: Senneterre River, Tiblemont Lake, Bell River. The Lepage River originates from a creek in a wetland at the confluence of two strea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théophile Lepage
Théophile Lepage (24 March 1901 – 1 April 1991) was a Belgian mathematician. Biography Théophile Henri Joseph Lepage, better known as Théophile Lepage, was born in Limburg on March 24, 1901. Together with Alfred Errera he founded the seminar for mathematical analysis at the ULB. This seminar played an important role in the flourishing of the department of mathematics at this university. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Liège from 1928 till 1930. He taught differential and integral calculus at the ULB from 1931 till 1956 and higher analysis from 1956 till 1971. For 43 years he was a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. On June 5, 1948, he was nominated a corresponding member and on June 9, 1956 an effective member of the Académie. In 1963 he became president of the Académie and director of the Klasse Wetenschappen. He was also active in the Belgisch Wiskundig Genootschap. He died in Verviers on April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lepage
Robert Lepage (born December 12, 1957) is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director. Early life Lepage was raised in Quebec City. At age five, he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia, which caused complete hair loss over his whole body."History meets personal history for Robert Lepage" '''', November 12, 2010. He also struggled with in his teens as he came to terms with being |
René Lepage De Sainte-Claire
Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire (April 10, 1656 in Ouanne, Burgundy – August 4, 1718 in Rimouski, Quebec) is the lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Origin Born close to Auxerre in Burgundy, René Lepage immigrated to New France, with his mother Reine Loury and his aunt Constance Lepage, between 1670 and 1674. There, he joined his father Germain and his uncle Louis, who were installed on grounds of the current parish of St-François, at the north-eastern point of the Île d'Orleans, close to Quebec City. On June 10, 1686, René Lepage married Marie-Madeleine Gagnon, 15 years old, with whom he had 17 children. Acquisition of Rimouski Like several of his fellow-citizens, René dreamt to build a great stronghold for his family. With this intention, he left the Île d'Orléans to go live on the coast. On March 17, 1693, the Governor of New France, Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, conceded to him a ground in commoner's condition located behind stronghold of Espin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. The largest state by total area in New England, Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeasternmost among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border exactly one other U.S. state. Approximately half the area of Maine lies on each side of the 45th parallel north in latitude. The most populous city in Maine is Portland, while its capital is Augusta. Maine has traditionally been known for its jagged, rocky Atlantic Ocean and bayshore coastlines; smoothly contoured mountains; heavily f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul LePage
Paul Richard LePage (; born October 9, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 74th Governor of Maine from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, LePage served two terms as a city councilor in Waterville, Maine, before being elected Mayor of Waterville in 2004, serving until 2011. LePage ran for governor of Maine in the 2010 election, winning the general election with a plurality, 37.6%, in a five-candidate race. He was re-elected with a stronger plurality, 48.2% of the vote, in a three-candidate election in 2014. During his tenure as the Governor of Maine, he made extensive use of his veto power, vetoing 652 bills as of July 2018, more than the total by all Maine governors over the previous 100 years combined. As governor he made controversial remarks regarding abortion, the LGBTQ community, racial minorities, the death penalty, voting rights, campaign financing, the government and the environment that sparked widespread national criticism including call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio Lepage
Octavio Lepage Barreto (24 November 1923 – 6 January 2017) was a Venezuelan politician who served as acting president of Venezuela from 21 May 1993 to 5 June 1993. Career Lepage was a member of the student movement of the political party Acción Democrática (AD) at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), being designated in 1945 as Secretary in the Executive Committee of AD in Caracas. He graduated from UCV with a degree in law in 1947, and in 1948 he was elected as the deputy for Anzoátegui to the National Congress. In November of that year, he was elected Secretary General of AD, but did not take the position due to the suppression of political parties following the overthrow of Rómulo Gallegos. Lepage was the First Secretary of Acción Democrática while it operated clandestinely from January to September 1949, when he was succeeded by Leonardo Ruiz Pineda. Lepage also was part of the Secretariat of Organization of the party. In July 1950, he was arrested by the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquise Lepage
Marquise Lepage (born September 6, 1959 in Chénéville, Quebec), is a Canadian ( Québécoise) producer, screenwriter, and film and television director. She is best known for her 1987 feature '' Marie in the City (Marie s'en va-t-en ville)'', for which she received a nomination for Best Director at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988. She was also a nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for '' Your Country, My Country (Dans ton pays)''. She was hired by the National Film Board (NFB) as a filmmaker in 1991. One of her first major projects for the NFB was '' The Lost Garden: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-Blaché'', a documentary about female cinema pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché. Her other credits have included the documentary films ''Un soleil entre deux nuages'', ''Of Hopscotch and Little Girls'', ''Ma vie, c'est le théâtre'' and ''Martha of the North'', the feature films ''La fête des rois'' and ''Ce qu'il ne faut pas dire'', and episodes of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and his son, Jim France, has been the CEO since August 2018. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Each year, NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 48 US states as well as in Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Europe. History Early stock car racing In the 1920s and 1930s, Daytona Beach supplanted France and Belgium as the preferred location for world land speed records. After a historic race between Ransom Olds and Alexander Winton in 1903, 15 records were set on what became the Daytona Beach Road Course between 1905 and 1935. Daytona Beach had become synonymous with fast cars in 1936. Drivers raced on a course, consisting of a stretch of beach as one straightaway, and a narrow blacktop beachfront highway, Florid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
