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Rouge River (Noire River Tributary)
The Rouge River (''in French: Rivière Rouge'') is a tributary of the Noire River (Yamaska River tributary). It flows in the municipalities of Bonsecours and Lawrenceville, in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Red River are: * north side: Noire River (Yamaska River tributary), brook Brenda; * east side: Bowker lake, rivière aux Herbages; * south side: Noire River (Yamaska River tributary); * west side: Noire River (Yamaska River tributary). The Red River begins at the confluence of two mountain streams located northwest of the village of Bonsecours, west of Bowker lake, southwest of Mont Florence-Louise-Bradford and north of route 220. The course of the Red River descends on: * southwesterly to route 220 which it crosses at east of center of the village of Bonsecours; * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Estrie
Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Anglophones are concentrated in Lennoxville, Quebec, Lennoxville, home of the region's only English-speaking university, Bishop's University. The Eastern Townships School Board runs 20 elementary schools, three high schools, and a learning centre. The region originally consisted of 6 RCM's. In 2021, La Haute-Yamaska & Brome-Missisquoi joined Estrie, transferring from Montérégie. Economy While the economy of the area is mainly based on agriculture, forestry, and mining, tourist attractions include four Sépaq parks: Yamaska, Mont-Orford, Frontenac, and Mont-Mégantic, ski resorts at Mont Brome and Mont Orford, and agritourism. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities Equivalent territory Demographics School Distr ... [...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] |
Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
Le Val-Saint-François () is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Richmond. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (3) * Richmond * Valcourt * Windsor ;Municipalities (10) * Bonsecours * Maricourt * Racine * Saint-Claude * Saint-Denis-de-Brompton * Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle * Stoke * Ulverton * Val-Joli ;Townships (3) * Cleveland * Melbourne * Valcourt ;Villages (2) * Kingsbury * Lawrenceville Demographics Population Language Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** * Secondary Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonsecours, Quebec
Bonsecours is a municipality in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics Population Language Mother tongue (2011) 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 * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie {{Estrie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrenceville, Quebec
Lawrenceville is a Village municipality in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated west of Sherbrooke, near the Black River. Around 650 Lawrence villagers are counted in an area of 17 square kilometers. History The name of the village honors Mr. Henry Lawrence, son of Isaac Lawrence who originally came from Canaan, Connecticut, and moved to Shefford Township in 1794 settling his family near Lake Waterloo between Fulford and Waterloo. In 1800 the township of Stukely was created, and Henry and his brother Erastus became Samuel Willard's associates and both moved to South Stukely in 1804. Erastus died 8 years later. In 1836 Henry Lawrence moved to the northern part of Stukely and built a sawmill and flourmill on an island which became part of Lawrenceville. Although, the village of Lawrenceville was not constituted until 1905 by detachment of the municipality from the township of North-Stukely. Only remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noire River (Yamaska River Tributary)
The Noire River (''in English: Black River'') is the most important tributary of the Yamaska River. The Black River flows on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada, passing through the municipalities of: MRC Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Estrie: * Stukely-Sud, MRC Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Estrie: * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, * Lawrenceville, * Valcourt, * Maricourt, MRC of Acton Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Montérégie * Sainte-Christine * Roxton * Roxton Falls * Acton Vale * Saint-Théodore-d'Acton * Upton MRC Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Montérégie * Saint-Valérien-de-Milton * Saint-Pie MRC of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Montérégie * Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton Geography The main neighboring hydrographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting the American Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean, and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. The river traverses the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the U.S. state of New York, and demarcates part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States. It also provides the foundation for the commercial St. Lawrence Seaway. Names Originally known by a variety of names by local First Nations, the St. Lawrence became known in French as ''le fleuve Saint-Laurent'' (also spelled ''St-Laurent'') in 1604 by Samuel de Champlain. Opting for the ''grande riviere de sainct Laurens'' and ''fleuve sainct Laurens'' in his writings and on his maps, de Champlain supplanted previous Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowker Lake
Bowker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Bowker, Canadian diplomat and educator *Albert H. Bowker (1919–2008), American educator * Aldrich Bowker (1875–1947), American actor * Art Bowker (born 1961), American writer *David Bowker (sailor) (1922–2020), British sailor * David Bowker (writer), British author and screenwriter *Emily Bowker, British actress *Geoffrey C. Bowker, American professor of informatics * Gordon Bowker, American businessman *Horace Bowker (1877–1954), American businessman *James Bowker (1901–1983), British ambassador *James Henry Bowker (1822–1900), South African naturalist and soldier *Joe Bowker (1881–1955), English boxer * John Bowker (theologian) (born 1935), English Anglican priest and scholar * John Bowker (baseball) (born 1983), American baseball player *Joseph Bowker (1725–1784), American politician * Judi Bowker (born 1954), English actress *Keith Bowker (born 1951), Former English Professional Footballer *Nevil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Aux Herbages
Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières (French for "river") may refer to: Places Belgium * Rivière, Profondeville, a village Canada * La Rivière, Manitoba, a community * Les Rivières (Quebec City), a borough France * La Rivière, Gironde * Rivière, Indre-et-Loire * La Rivière, Isère * Rivière, Pas-de-Calais * La Rivière, Réunion, home of the SS Rivière Sport football club Other uses * Rivière, a style of necklace or bracelet * "Riviere", a 2006 song by Deftones from '' Saturday Night Wrist'' People with the surname * Anna Riviere (1810-1884) opera singer known by her married name of Anna Bishop * Beatrice Rivière, French applied mathematician * Briton Rivière (1840–1920), British artist * Charles Marie Rivière (1845–?), French botanist abbreviated C.Rivière * Daniel Riviere (1780-1846) artist and father of a family of noted artists and singers * Émile Rivière (1835-1922), French archaeologist * Emmanuel Rivière (born 1990), French foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 220
Route 220 is a provincial highway located in the Estrie region of Quebec. The highway runs from Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle at the junction of Quebec Route 243, Route 243 and ends west of downtown Sherbrooke at Quebec Autoroute 410, Autoroute 410. The road connects the northern section of the Mont Orford Park. Municipalities along Route 220 * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle, Quebec, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle * Bonsecours, Quebec, Bonsecours * Orford, Quebec, Orford * Sherbrooke (''Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville'') File:Chemin de Saint Elie - panoramio (1).jpg, Saint-Élie Road in Sherbrooke. File:Chemin des Montagnes - panoramio.jpg, Route 220 at Orford. File:Route 220 Lac Brompton sud - panoramio.jpg, Route 220 near Lake Brompton. See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Official Transports Quebec Road Network Map Route 220 on Google Maps Quebec Routes, 220 Transport in Sherbrooke {{Quebec-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 243
Route 243 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey at the junction of Route 255 and its southern terminus is in the township of Potton where it crosses the Canada–US border at the North Troy–Highwater Border Crossing into Vermont and becomes Vermont Route 243. Route 243 is not a busy highway as it does not go through big towns. The highway has three concurrencies: * In Richmond, it shares a bridge across the Saint-François River with Route 116 and Route 143 * At Racine a 2 km concurrence with Route 222 occurs. * In Waterloo it runs concurrently first with Route 112, then both it and Route 241 as all three share a bridge across the North Yamaska River Municipalities along Route 243 * Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey * Richmond * Melbourne * Racine * Lawrenceville * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle * Warden * Waterloo * Brome Lake * Bolton-Sud * West Bolton * Potton File:Highwater Quebec Borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
