Trois-Rives () is a

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with an area of located in

Mékinac Regional County Municipality Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (RCM) of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of ...

, in the Mid-

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History

It was established in 1972 as Boucher, named after the geographic township of Boucher in which it is located. This name was chosen in honour of

Pierre Boucher Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (born Pierre Boucher ; 1 August 162219 April 1717) was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France (in what is now Canada). He is a d ...

, former French governor of

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

and owner of the Boucher and Boucherville Seignories in the late 17th century. It was not until 1978 that the municipal incorporation was confirmed. On December 26, 1998, the municipality was renamed to Trois-Rives (French for "Three shores") to better represent the geography of the municipality as it is crossed by three rivers: the Matawin, the Mékinac, and the

Saint-Maurice River The Saint-Maurice River (, ; ) is one of the main tributaries of the St. Lawrence River, after the Ottawa River, Ottawa and the Saguenay River, Saguenay Rivers and drains an area of 42,735 km2. It touches the Lac Saint-Jean, Lake Saint John waters ...

. On August 28, 2004, Trois-Rives was enlarged by some when it annexed a portion of the Lac-Masketsi Unorganized Territory. The municipality has two main roads:

Quebec Route 155 Route 155 is a north/south highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Chambord at the junction of Route 169, and the southern terminus is the Piles Bridge in Shawinigan. Previously ...

(along the Saint-Maurice River on the eastern shore); and St. Joseph road through the village of Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac along the Mékinac River, reaching the

near the mouth of that river. The path of almost all other roads goes along the rivers. Generally, each route is designated as the place name of the headwater lake that feeds it: # Road Lake-to-sleighs (along the discharge of lakes Grobois, Lemere and the sleighs); # Path of the domain Batchelder; # Path of Mékinac Lake (along the Mékinac Lake, on the west side); # Path of the river and road Crows (linking Vincent Lake); # Lake Road Dumont (Dumont bypassing the lake, by the west bank); # Path of

Missionary Lake Missionary Lake ormerly named "Grand lac long" (Grand Long Lake)is located in the municipalities of Trois-Rives and Lac-aux-Sables in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality (RCM), in Batiscanie, in the administrative area of the Mauricie, in ...

, which is segmented into two, the first segment links Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac to the northern part of the lake and the second segment link the southern part of the lake, to Hervey-Jonction, Quebec; # Road of the lake of the Otters; # Lejeune Road; # Vlimeux Lake Road.

Geography

It is bounded on the west by the

, and includes the communities of Grande-Anse, Olscamps, Rivière-Matawin, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac, and partially Rivière-aux-Rats. The territory also includes in the east portions of Mékinac Lake (in part),

(in part), aux Loutres, and Dumont Lakes. The toponym "Trois-Rives" (three banks) refers to the three rivers that drain the territory: the Matawin River, the

and the Mékinac River.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

census * Population in 2021: 512 (2016 to 2021 population change: 29.3%) * Population in 2016: 396 * Population in 2011: 490 * Population in 2006: 411 * Population in 2001: 469 * Population in 1996: 454 * Population in 1991: 516 * Population in 1986: 496 * Population in 1981: 604 * Population in 1976: 612 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 288 (total dwellings: 544) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 1% * French as first language: 99% * English and French as first language: 0% * Other as first language: 0%

Government

Mayors

Trois-Rives has been represented by a

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since 1978. The following is a list of mayors of Trois-Rives.

Political representation

Provincially it is part of the riding of Laviolette–Saint-Maurice. In the

2022 Quebec general election The 2022 Quebec general election was held on October 3, 2022, to elect the members of the National Assembly of Quebec. Under the province's Fixed election dates in Canada, fixed election date law, passed in 2013, "the general election following t ...

the incumbent MNA Marie-Louise Tardif, of the

Coalition Avenir Québec The Coalition Avenir Québec (, , CAQ) is a Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist, Autonomism in Quebec, autonomist and conservatism, conservative

, was re-elected to represent the population of Trois-Rives in the

National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...

. Federally, Trois-Rives is part of the federal riding of Saint-Maurice—Champlain. In the

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, the incumbent

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of the

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was re-elected to represent the population Trois-Rives in the

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References

External links

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Official web site of the Mékinac Regional County Municipality
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trois-Rives Incorporated places in Mauricie Municipalities in Quebec Mékinac Regional County Municipality