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Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in: * the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale; * the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. This river has the status of "salmon river"; the course of the river is administered by the zec de la Rivière-Petit-Saguenay which supervises 24 salmon pits and a non-quota zone. A lower segment (near the Saguenay River) is administered by the Saguenay Fjord National Park and the zec de l'Anse-Saint-Jean. The lower part of this river is served by Quai Street (West Bank) from the mouth, rue Tremblay and rue Eugène-Morin. The route 170 passes on the east bank between the village of Petit-Saguenay and the confluence of the Deschênes River. The intermediate section is served by Lac Victor Road and Ovila-Lavoie Road. The upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière De La Baie Des Rochers
The Baie des Rochers River is a tributary of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River, flowing into the town of Saint-Siméon, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region, Quebec, Canada. The course of this river goes through the village of Baie-des-Rochers before going to the Bay of Rochers, in the St. Lawrence River. This small valley is served by the "rue des Tours" and "rue de la Chapelle"; these two roads connect together at route 138 which goes along the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River and passes over the Baie des Rochers River at the village of Baie des Rochers. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities (including resort and tourist activities), second. The surface of this stream is generally frozen from mid-December to late-March. Nevertheless, safe ice traffic is generally from late December to mid-March. Geography The main hydrographic slopes near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Price (1789-1867)
William Price, Will Price, Bill Price, or Billy Price may refer to: Business * William Price (merchant) (1789–1867), Canadian lumber merchant and manufacturer of planks * William Philip Price (1817–1891), British merchant, magistrate and politician * William Evan Price (1827–1880), Quebec businessman and political figure * William Price (industrialist) (1860–1938), Welsh farmer and industrialist * William G. Price Jr. (1869–1960), American businessman and Army general * William S. Price III, known as Bill Price, co-founder of private equity firm the Texas Pacific Group * William H. Price, co-founder of Chandler & Price Entertainment * Bill Price (record producer) (1944–2016), producer and engineer * Billy Price (singer) (born 1949), American soul singer * Billy Price (actor) (born 2000), English actor Politics * William Price (MP for Bath) (died 1596), British member of Parliament * William Price (of Briton Ferry), Welsh politician in the House of Commons (1614– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec and the Labrador region of the current Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (until the Labrador region was transferred to Newfoundland in 1809). Lower Canada consisted of part of the former colony of Canada of New France, conquered by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War ending in 1763 (also called the French and Indian War in the United States). Other parts of New France conquered by Britain became the Colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The Province of Lower Canada was created by the ''Constitutional Act 1791'' from the partition of the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) into the Province of Lower Canada and the Province of Upper Canada. The prefix "lower" in its name refers to its geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McKenzie (Lower Canada Politician)
James (or Jim or Jamie) Mackenzie (or McKenzie) may refer to: Sports * Jim Mackenzie (American football) (1930–1967), football coach *James McKenzie (boxer) (1903–1931), British boxer *Jim McKenzie (footballer) (1877–?), Scottish-born footballer who played for Burton Swifts and Southampton in the 1890s * Jamie McKenzie (footballer, born 1980), Scottish-born football midfielder whose clubs have included Partick Thistle and Albion Rovers * Jamie McKenzie (footballer, born 1986), Scottish-born football defender who has played for clubs in Scotland, Ireland and Cyprus * Jim McKenzie (ice hockey) (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player whose teams included Hartford Whalers, Phoenix Coyotes and New Jersey Devils *James MacKenzie (rugby union) (1886–1963), Scottish international rugby union player Other people *James MacKenzie (VC) (1889–1914), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *Sir James Mackenzie (cardiologist) (1853–1925), Scottish cardiologist *James A. McKenzie (184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadoussac
Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the two round and sandy hills located on the west side of the village. According to other interpretations, it could also mean "place of lobsters", or "place where the ice is broken" (from the Innu ''shashuko''). Although located in Innu territory, the post was also frequented by the Mi'kmaq people in the second half of the 16th century, who called it ''Gtatosag'' ("among the rocks"). Alternate spellings of Tadoussac over the centuries included Tadousac (17th and 18th centuries), Tadoussak, and Thadoyzeau (1550). Tadoussac was first visited by Europeans in 1535 and was established in 1599 when the first trading post in Canada was formed there, in addition to a permanent settlement being placed in the same area that the Grand Hotel is located tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec
L'Anse-Saint-Jean, French for "The Cove of Saint John" is a municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 1208 in the Canada 2011 Census. L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to colonization. Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean / Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean It achieved a certain notoriety when its citizens held a referendum on January 21, 1997, to turn the village into the Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean (The Kingdom of L'Anse Saint Jean), the continent's first "municipal monarchy." The monarchists won 73.9% of the vote, with Denys Tremblay becoming King Denys I. The king was crowned on June 24, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, in the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and announced plans to build a "vegetable oratory," Saint-Jean-du-Millénaire (Saint John of the Millennium). This micronational pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmuraillé Lake (Sagard)
The Emmuraillé Lake is a body of water crossed in its eastern part by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Sagard, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada. The "Emmuraillé Lake" is indirectly served by the forest road R064 which passes on the west side and bypasses Lac Pilote. Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second. The surface of Lac au Sable is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. Geography The main watersheds near Emmuraillé lake are: * north side: Petit Saguenay River; * east side: Onésime Lake, McLagan Lake, Étienne Brook, Deschênes Lake, Deschênes River, Noire River; * south side: lac au Bouleau, lac au Sable, Petit Saguenay River; * west side: Pilote Lake, Pilote Creek. The Emmuraillé lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac Au Bouleau (Mont-Élie)
The Lac au Bouleau is a body of water crossed from south to north by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada. The south-eastern part of lac au Sable is served by the forest road R064. This road approaches to south of Lac au Bouleau. Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second. The surface of Lac au Bouleau is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. Geography The main watersheds neighboring "Lac au Bouleau" are: * north side: Emmuraillé Lake, Pilote Lake, Petit Saguenay River; * east side: McLagan Lake, Étienne Brook, Deschênes Lake, Deschênes River; * south side: Lac au Sable, ruisseau au Sable, Petit Saguenay River; * west side: lac Bazile, coulée du Bazile. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac Au Sable (Mont-Élie)
The Lac au Sable is a body of water crossed from south to north by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The south-eastern part of "Lac au Sable" is served by the forest road R064. This road approaches to south of "Lac au Bouleau". Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second. The surface of "Lac au Sable" is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. Geography The main watersheds neighboring "Lac au Sable" are: * north side: lac au Bouleau, lac Emmuraillé, Petit Saguenay River; * east side: McLagan lake, Étienne stream, Deschênes lake, Deschênes River, Noire river; * south side: third Lac des Marais, Petit Saguenay River; * west side: Sable stream, east lake, Grosse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zec Du Lac-au-Sable
Zec du Lac-au-Sable is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) located in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada. Geography "ZEC du Lac au Sable" is connected (on its western side) to the " zec des Martres" and at north to the " zec de l'Anse-Saint-Jean". "Zec du Lac au Sable" is long (north-south axis) and in width from east to west. The relief of the "Zec du Lac au Sable" is typical of the Charlevoix region. The ground elevation varies from to over . Major lakes of the zec are: "au Bouleau" (Birch), Boulianne, des Caleçons, Cimon, Couture, Emmuraillé, de la Glissette, de l'Étoile (of the star), "de l'Hermine", des Panses, des Roches, du Garde, du Sauvage, du Tétras (Grouse), lac à l'Est, lac à Jacob, Julie, Lapointe, Moïse, "lac à l'Orignal", Pierrot, Pilotte, Raymond, au Sable, "petit lac au Sable", "Premier lac des Marais" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean River (Saguenay River Tributary)
The Saint-Jean River (St. John River) is a river crossing the municipalities of Rivière-Éternité and L'Anse-Saint-Jean in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada. The upper portion of the Saint John River is integrated into Zec du Lac-Brébeuf, a controlled harvesting zone (ZEC). The Saint-Jean River is served primarily by route 170 (east-west), which passes through the hamlets "Le Ruisseau-du-Portage" and "La Chute-à-Salum". Some other secondary forest roads serve the lake area mainly for forestry and recreational tourism purposes. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the Saint John River is usually frozen from late November to early April (except in rapids areas), however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-December to late March. Geography Three watersheds drain the territory of Zec du Lac-Brebeuf, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
