The Vimont Lake is a freshwater body of the

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unorganized territory in the northwestern part of the

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(MRC)

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, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in

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, in

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. This lake extends almost entirely in the canton of Vimont, except the northern part Rinfret. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second. A forest road serves the eastern part of the lake; road R0210 (North-South direction) serves the western part from the South where it connects to the forest road Route 167 connecting

Chibougamau Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman it has a population of 7,504 people (2016 Canadian Census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istc ...

Saint-Félicien, Quebec Saint-Félicien is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. The town is located within the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Its population as of 2021 is 10,089. Geography The municipality is ...

. The

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runs along this road. The surface of Vimont Lake is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

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This hydronym is linked to the name of the township of Vimont. These place names evoke the work of life of the Jesuit priest Barthélemy Vimont (Lisieux, France, 1594 - Vannes, France, 1667). Coming to New France in 1629, he was first assigned as a chaplain to a garrison near

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in 1629, where he had to stop because of the sinking of Captain Charles Daniel's ship. In 1630 he was recalled to

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because of the occupation of

by the Kirke brothers. He returns to

in the company of Jesuit fathers

Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot (aka Joseph Marie Chaumonot) (March 9, 1611 – February 21, 1693) was a French priest and Jesuit missionary who learned and documented the language of the Wyandot people, also known as the Huron. He studied at the ...

and Joseph Antoine Poncet de la Rivière, of

Marie Guyart Marie of the Incarnation (28 October 1599 – 30 April 1672) was an Ursuline nun of the French order. As part of a group of nuns sent to New France to establish the Ursuline Order, Marie was crucial in the spread of Catholicism in New France. S ...

said Marie de l'Incarnation and Marie-Madeleine Chauvigny de La Peltrie, August 1, 1639. Superior General of the Jesuits (1639-1645), the father Vimont attends the foundation of

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Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (15 February 1612 9 September 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Fort Ville-Marie (modern day Montreal) in New France (Province of Quebec, Canada). Early life Maisonneuve was born in ...

which he describes in the 1642 relationship. After a stay in

, from 1645 to 1648, he returned to

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where he worked there his ministry, as well as in the surrounding parishes until 1659. He left

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for

where he died eight years later., The toponym "Lac Vimont" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the

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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place Names Bank - Place Name: "Lac Vimont"

Geography

Toponymy

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See also