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Saint-Pamphile
Saint-Pamphile is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec situated in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative district. While the official municipal territory ends at the Canada–United States border located at the eastern end of town, there is a tiny hamlet located immediately east of the border, known as St-Pamphile, Maine. The hamlet is historically part of the larger entity located in Quebec and is considered integral part of the town by locals. The economy of St-Pamphile, Maine is entirely dependent upon the economy of St-Pamphile, Quebec, from which Maine residents obtain goods and services, and sometimes even employment. Saint-Pamphile, Quebec is the central town of 7 neighboring parishes, and provides a CLSC, elementary school, and high school for the area. History The first settler in the town was Frédéric Vaillancourt from the nearby Saint-Aubert municipality in the year 1859. Given that the surrounding land appeared to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Codes 418 And 581
Area codes 418, 581, and 367 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the eastern portion of the Canadian province of Quebec. Area code 418 was originally assigned to the numbering plan area, but all three area codes now form an overlay plan for this territory. Cities in the numbering plan area include Quebec City, Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay, Lévis, Quebec, Lévis, Rimouski, Saint-Georges, Quebec, Saint-Georges, Alma, Quebec, Alma, Thetford Mines, Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sept-Îles, Baie-Comeau and Rivière-du-Loup. Also served are the Gaspé Peninsula, Côte-Nord, southeastern Mauricie, and the tiny hamlet of Estcourt Station, Maine, Estcourt Station, in the U.S. state of Maine. History Ontario and Quebec were the only provinces that received assignments of multiple area codes by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) when the original North American area codes were created in 1947. The eastern part of Quebec received area code 418, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobeil River
The Gobeil River is a tributary of the Big Black River (Saint John River), flowing through: * the municipalities of Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec and Saint-Pamphile, Quebec in L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, south of Quebec, in Canada; * Aroostook County, North Maine Woods, Maine, in United States. The upper part of the sub-catchment of the "River Gobeil" is accessible by route 216; other parties in the Quebec by the road of Rang Saint-Camille, the Rosario route, the road of the rank of Moreau and road of Double rank. Hydrography The "River Gobeil" rises to the Northwest of the route 216, in the canton of Garneau in the Northeastern part of the municipality of Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec. This source is located at: * Northeast from the village of Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec; * Northwest from the village center of Saint-Pamphile, Quebec; * South of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte-du-Sud (provincial Electoral District)
Côte-du-Sud is a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the entire territory of the following regional county municipality, regional county municipalities: Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Montmagny, L'Islet Regional County Municipality, L'Islet, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, Kamouraska. It notably includes the municipalities of Montmagny, Quebec, Montmagny, La Pocatière, L'Islet, Quebec, L'Islet, Saint-Pascal, Quebec, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Saint-Pamphile, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Saint-Pacôme and Berthier-sur-Mer, Quebec, Berthier-sur-Mer. It was created for the 2012 Quebec general election, 2012 election from all of the former Montmagny-L'Islet (electoral district), Montmagny-L'Islet and part of the former Kamouraska-Témiscouata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maibec
Originally a lumber manufacturer, Maibec produces wood products for the construction and landscaping markets. Maibec is a privately held Quebec company owned and operated by the Tardif family from Quebec city. It employs approximately 700 people working in three regions of Quebec: Saint-Pamphile de l’Islet, Saint-Théophile de Beauce, and Saint-Romuald. Maibec was founded in 1946; in 1969 it adopted the name Maibec, a portmanteau of Maine and Quebec. In September 2014, Maibec finalized an agreement to acquire the Fraser Timber lumber mill in Masardis, Maine, United States. Maibec also invested $20 million in 2014 to modernize its mill in Saint-Pamphile. Organization Maibec is directed by François Tardif. Products Maibec manufactures two main types of products: Construction lumber Over the course of its history, the company has invested in manufacturing customized specialty products with the following features: * Made-to-measure dimensions * North American str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Black River (Saint John River)
The Big Black River (French: ''Grande Rivière Noire'') is a river crossing the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches in Quebec and in Maine. From its source (), in L'Islet RCM, Quebec, the river runs northeast and east across the Canada–United States border in Maine Township 14, Range 16, WELS, to the Saint John River in Northwest Aroostook T 15, R 13. "Big Black River" flows in: * L'Islet Regional County Municipality: municipality of Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, Quebec, Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Quebec, Saint-Adalbert, Quebec, Saint-Marcel, Quebec, Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec and Saint-Pamphile, Quebec; * Aroostook County in North Maine Woods, in Maine: from township T14 R18 WELS up to township T15 R14 WELS. Maine's all-time lowest officially verified temperature of was recorded at a weather station along the Big Black River on January 16, 2009. The previous record was , set at Van Buren, on January 19, 1925. Hydrography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of G Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is G. Postal codes beginning with G are located within the Canadian province of Quebec. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. Eastern Quebec Image:Regions administratives du Quebec.png, 350px, The seventeen administrative regions of Quebec. poly 213 415 206 223 305 215 304 232 246 230 255 266 251 283 263 289 280 302 291 307 307 315 308 294 318 301 333 299 429 281 432 292 403 311 388 ... - 139 FSAs Urban Rural References {{Canadian postal codes Communications in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Pamphile Border Crossing
The Saint Pamphile Border Crossing, connecting Saint-Pamphile, Quebec to the US state of Maine across the Canada–United States border, is primarily used by Canadian logging trucks to access the privately owned North Maine Woods The North Maine Woods is the northern geographic area of the state of Maine in the United States. The thinly populated region is overseen by a combination of private individual and private industrial owners and state government agencies, and is di ... in Maine. Near the US port of entry is a company check station that issues permits to enter the woods. Logging operations have been conducted in this part of Maine for decades, and the processing plant in Canada is adjacent to the international boundary. The roads in the US are generally not passable into eastern Maine and in some cases are gated. See also * List of Canada–United States border crossings References Canada–United States border crossings 1949 establishments in Maine 1949 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault
Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer, notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878 as a Conservative member. He was born at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Antoine Gaspard Verreau and Hélène Fournier. Verreault was educated there and at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. He qualified to practise as a notary in 1860 and practised in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli and Monmagny. In 1863, he married Paméla Couillard Dupuis, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis (August 24, 1814 – August 13, 1889) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal. His surname was "Couill .... Verreault was mayor of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli from 1880 to 1893 and warden for L'Islet County from 1882 to 1893. He also helped found the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Perpétue, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec
Sainte-Perpétue is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in Quebec, Canada. See also * List of municipalities in Quebec References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada (97.1%, 2001 Census). Geography The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny and Rivière-du-Loup. The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2021 Census; 2013 representation *Ethnic groups: 97.1% White, 1.4% Indigenous *Languages: 98.2% French *Religions: 82.6% Christian (75.1% Catholic), 16.8% No religion *Median income (2020): $38,000 *Average income (2020): $44,120 History The electoral district was created as "Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny" in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Islet Regional County Municipality
L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. Geography Adjacent counties and municipalities * Kamouraska Regional County Municipality – northeast * Aroostook County, Maine – southeast * Montmagny Regional County Municipality – southwest * Charlevoix Regional County Municipality – northwest Subdivisions There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Saint-Pamphile ;Municipalities (10) * L'Islet * Saint-Adalbert * Saint-Aubert * Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet * Sainte-Félicité * Sainte-Perpétue * Saint-Jean-Port-Joli * Saint-Marcel * Saint-Omer * Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies * Tourville ;Parishes (3) * Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard * Sainte-Louise 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 ** * Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 municipalities and equivalents. Quebec's 1,218 municipalities include 87 regional county municipalities at the supralocal level and 1,131 local municipalities ( of its census subdivisions). Generally, most local municipalities, as well as some unorganized territories, are nested within regional county municipalities. The 1,218 municipalities are directly responsible for the provision of public transit, fire protection, potable water, water purification, and waste management services to its residents. They also share responsibility with the province in the provision of housing, road networks, police protection, recreation and culture, parks and natural spaces, and land use planning and development. Below the regional county municipality lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
