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Port-Alfred, Quebec
La Baie (French pronunciation: / la bɛ/, Quebec French pronunciation: / la be/) is one of three boroughs in the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was created during Quebec's municipal reorganization in 2002. From 1976 to 2001, it was known as the Town of La Baie, a municipality composed of the Grande-Baie, Bagotville and Port-Alfred sectors. It is located on the bank of the Ha! Ha! Bay (French: ''baie des Ha! Ha!'') at the mouths of the Ha! Ha! River (French: ''rivière Ha! Ha!'') and the Mars River (French: ''rivière à Mars''). La Baie was the first colony built in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. It was founded by the Société des Vingt et un who settled the area in 1838. The depth of the banks of the Ha! Ha! Bay's waterways facilitated the rapid development of the region's largest harbour facilities after the railways were built in 1910. The borough's main sources of socio-economic development have been the logging and the pulp and paper industries since the nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boroughs Of Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay, Quebec is divided into three boroughs (french: arrondissements). * Chicoutimi * Jonquière * La Baie These were former cities which ceased to exist on February 18, 2002, when they were amalgamated into the expanded city of Saguenay. The amalgamation involved the following cities and municipalities in addition to the above: * the Municipality of Lac-Kénogami (now part of Jonquière borough) * the City of Laterrière (now part of Chicoutimi borough) * the Municipality of Shipshaw (now part of Jonquière borough) * part of the Township of Tremblay (now part of Chicoutimi borough; the rest of it was annexed to Saint-Honoré, Quebec, Saint-Honoré) External links Map showing boroughs {dead link, date=November 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes Boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Lists of populated places in Quebec, Boroughs, List of Saguenay Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
