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Barrière River (Quinze Lake)
The Barrière River (, ) is a tributary of the Des Quinze Lake, flowing in the municipality of Rémigny, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative region, Quebec, Canada. Recreational tourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector; agriculture, second. Annually, the surface of the river is generally frozen from mid-November to late April, however, the period of safe ice circulation is usually from mid-December to early April. Geography The hydrographic slopes near the Barrière River are: *North side: Rémigny Lake, Barrier Lake; *East side: Des Quinze Lake (Tigre Bay), Lac Lebret, Beaumesnil Lake; *South side: Des Quinze Lake (Barrière Bay), Ottawa River; *West side: Prévost Lake, Wright Creek, Burwash Creek. The Barriere River has its source on the south shore of Rémigny Lake (length: ; altitude: ) in the southern part of the town of Rémigny. From its source, the Barrière River flows over ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 census. The region is divided into five regional county municipalities (French: ''municipalité régionale de comté'', or MRC) and 79 municipalities. Its economy continues to be dominated by resource extraction industries. These include logging and mining all along the rich geologic Cadillac Fault between Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, as well as agriculture. History The Algonquins are indigenous to the region. The first French expeditions were made in 1670 by Radisson as part of the development of the fur trade industry across the Hudson Bay region and through most of the New France colony. Fort Témiscamingue, located on the east banks of Lake Timiskaming and erected by a French merchant on Anishinaabe lands in 1720, was an important cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémigny, Quebec
Rémigny () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. The town centre is located along the Barrière River (Quinze Lake), Barrière River. History In 1920, the geographic township of Rémigny was formed, named after Captain Rémigny of the Régiment de la Sarre, who was made a Order of Saint Louis, Knight of the Order of Saint Louis in 1759 and captain of Grenadier Company in 1760. The community had its start in 1935 when sixty settlers from Joliette arrived on the northern shores of Barrière Bay of Des Quinze Lake as part of the Irénée Vautrin, Vautrin Settlement Plan. In 1978, the place was incorporated and named after the township. Geography Climate Demographics Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 5.3% * French as first language: 94.7% * English and French as first language: 1.8% * Other as first language: 0% Government List of former mayors: * Jocelyn Aylwin (...–2013) * Isabelle Coderre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémigny Lake , a commune in the department of Saône-et-Loire
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Remigny or Rémigny may refer to the following places: ;in Canada * Rémigny, Quebec ;in France * Remigny, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne * Remigny, Saône-et-Loire Remigny is a Communes of France, commune in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Wine There are vineyards within the commune of Remigny which are p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Quinze River
Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include: People * Des Buckingham, English football manager * Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician * Des Dillon (other), several people * Des Hasler (born 1961), Australian rugby league player-coach * Desmond Des Kelly (born 1965), British journalist * Desmond Des Lynam (born 1942), British television presenter * Desmond Des Lyttle (born 1971), English footballer * Des McLean, Scottish stand-up comedian, actor and presenter * Desmond Des O'Connor (1932–2020), British entertainer * Des O'Connor, Australian rugby league player in the 1970s * Desmond Des O'Grady (born 1953), Irish retired Gaelic footballer * Des O'Hagan (1934–2015), Irish communist * Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats * Desmond Des O'Neil (1920–1999), Australian politician * Des O'Reilly (1954–2016), Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Quinze Lake
The Lac des Quinze () is a freshwater body extending into the municipalities of Moffet, Laverlochère-Angliers, Latulipe-et-Gaboury, Quebec, Guérin, and Rémigny in the Témiscamingue (RCM), in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative region, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography Covering and forming a large open crescent to the North, "Lac des Quinze" is a major expansion of the Ottawa River. With a length of and a maximum width of , "Lac des Quinze" gets its supply on the East side by the Ottawa River which crosses Lac Simard (Temiscamingue) (altitude: 263 m) and Grassy Lake (Témiscamingue). In addition, "Lac des Quinze" is powered by: *South side: the Fraser River that flows into Gillies Bay, one of many bays created by the particular configuration of the water body; *East side: McFadden River (coming from the South) draining the waters of Rondelet Lake and Béquille Creek; *North side: the outlet of lakes Lébret, Rocher, Martin, Petit lac Perreault, Beaumesnil Lake, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Témiscamingue () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie. Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not practical to travel between the two within Quebec without taking a major detour north towards Quebec Route 117. The shorter route is to cross into Ontario at Notre-Dame-du-Nord or Témiscaming and travel south on Highway 11, then east on Highway 17, before crossing back at L'Isle-aux-Allumettes. Subdivisions There are 21 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities and towns (3) * Belleterre * Témiscaming * Ville-Marie ;Municipalities (12) * Béarn * Duhamel-Ouest * Fugèreville * Kipawa * Laforce * Laverlochère-Angliers * Lorrainville * Moffet * Notre-Dame-du-Nord * Rémigny * Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues * Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues ;Parishes (1) * Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre ;Townships (2) * Guérin * Nédélec ;United townships (1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrier Lake
Barrier Lake is a man-made reservoir at the north end of Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada. Highway 40 runs between the lake and Mount Baldy, on the eastern shore. It is entirely located in the Bow Valley Provincial Park. Barrier Lake was created by the former Calgary Power Company, now TransAlta, in 1947, for hydroelectric power generation on the Kananaskis River. The dam that impounds the lake is at the north end of the lake. The lake is also used for recreational activities, with hiking paths surrounding the lake (and cross-country skiing trails in the winter). A visitor centre is located on the eastern shore. - from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaumesnil Lake
Beaumesnil may refer to places in France: * Beaumesnil, Calvados *Beaumesnil, Eure Beaumesnil () is a former commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mesnil-en-Ouche. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River (, ) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word "to trade", as it was the major trade route of Eastern Canada at the time. For most of its length, it defines the border between these two provinces. It is a major tributary of the St. Lawrence River and the longest river in Quebec. Geography The river rises at Lac des Outaouais, north of the Laurentian Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming. From there its route has been used to define the interprovincial border with Ontario. From Lake Timiskaming, the river flows southeast to Ottawa and Gatineau, where it tumbles over Chaudière Falls and further takes in the Rideau River, Rideau and Gatineau River, Gatineau rivers. The Ottawa River drains into the Lake of Two Mountains and the St. Lawrence River at Montreal. The river is long; it drains an area of , 65 per cent in Quebec and the rest in Ontario, with a mean discharge of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Timiskaming
Lake Timiskaming or Lake Temiskaming (, ) is a large freshwater lake on the Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec, Canada. The lake, which forms part of the Ottawa River, is in length and covers an area of . Its water level ranges between and above sea-level, with a mean annual average of . The lake is in places up to deep. There are several islands on the lake, notably Mann and du Collège Islands. The name is from the Algonquin language, Algonquin ''Temikami'' or ''Temikaming'', meaning "deep body of water with rapid winds” There are 30 species of fish in Lake Timiskaming, the best known are northern pike, sturgeon, lake trout, walleye, smallmouth bass, Ameiurus, bullhead, carp, burbot, Yellow perch, perch, and Freshwater whitefish, whitefish. The lake was shaped during the last ice age when glaciers carved into the rock. It is also the remnants of a huge basin called Lake Ojibway, which existed about 9,500 years ago. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
