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La Matapédia Regional County Municipality
La Matapédia () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Its seat is in Amqui. It is named after the Matapédia River which runs through the western part of the RCM. La Matapédia was created on January 1, 1982, succeeding from the former Matapédia County Municipality. The region was subject to one of the last waves of colonization in Quebec, settled mostly by people from the Lower Saint-Lawrence between 1850 and 1950. It is a rural region in the Matapedia Valley crossed by the Notre Dame Mountains. Agriculture and logging, and its related industries (forestry and wood products), are the main economic activities. Subdivisions There are 25 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Amqui * Causapscal ;Municipalities (7) *Albertville, Quebec, Albertville *Lac-au-Saumon, Quebec, Lac-au-Saumon *Sainte-Florence, Quebec, Sainte-Florence *Sainte-Marguerite-Marie *Saint-Vianney, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , 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 reserves that are enclaves within the territory of ... [...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, Lévis, Rimouski, Saint-Georges, Alma, Thetford Mines, 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, 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 area code 514 was assigned for the western part. Nominally, northwestern Quebec, one of the few a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayabec
Sayabec (; ) is a municipality located in the La Matapédia Regional County Municipality (RCM) in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Matapédia Valley between the Chic-Choc Mountains of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian near Lake Matapédia. The main activities of the village are agriculture and forestry. It has a population of approximately 2,000, the third biggest municipality in its RCM after Amqui and Causapscal. Due to the presence of the chipboards plant called Panval, the biggest industry of the valley, Sayabec is an important regional economic centre. The territory was historically occupied by Mi'kmaq people, a First Nations in Canada, First Nation who occupied much of the Gaspé Peninsula. Its first French Canadian inhabitant was Pierre Brochu, who came in 1833. At the end of the 19th century settlers began to come in the region to work in sawmills. The municipality was first officially created in 1887 as a school municipality under the name Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Vianney, Quebec
Saint-Vianney () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality. It was known as Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney until 1988. History The first settlers arrived in 1918. In 1920, several Franco-American families settled in the territory. The Langis mission was founded in 1921. Its name recalls that of the canton of Langis of which Saint-Vianney is a part, named in honor of Louis-Jacques Langis who was parish priest of L'Isle-Verte and canon in the cathedral of Rimouski. The post office was opened on April 12, 1922. The first chapel was inaugurated on December 24, 1922. The municipality was officially founded on August 27, 1926 under the name Saint-Jean-Baptise-Vianney. The first mayor, Oscar Poulin, was elected on October 20, 1926. In 1988, Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney changed its name to the current Saint-Vianney. Demographics Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 212 (total dwellings: 245) Mother tongue: * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Marguerite-Marie
Sainte-Marguerite-Marie () is a municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality, La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality. It was known as Sainte-Marguerite until October 30, 2010. The municipality had a population of 183 at the Canada 2021 Census. Demographics Canada Census data before 2001:Statistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census, 1996 census * Population in 1996: 235 (-9.6% from 1991) * Population in 1991: 260 Government Municipal council * Mayor: Marlène Landry * Councillors: Jessy Thériault, Vicky Gauvin, Dany Thériault, Sylvain Carrier, Jean-Claude Chouinard, Line Landry Political representation Provincially it is part of the riding of Matane-Matapédia. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Pascal Bérubé, of the Parti Québécois, was re-elected to represent the population of Sainte-Marguerite-Marie in the National Assembly of Quebec. Federally, Sainte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Florence, Quebec
Sainte-Florence (;) is a Canadian forestry village in the province of Quebec, located in the Matapédia Valley in the Gaspé Peninsula. The municipality had a population of 367 as of the Canada 2021 Census. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Florence had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population Government Municipal council * Mayor: Carol Poitras * Councillors: Claude Marineau, Nancy Girard, Gisèle Gagnon, Antoine Lacasse, Gérald Mazerolle, Gérard Richard See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, 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 Provinces and te ... References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac-au-Saumon, Quebec
Lac-au-Saumon () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality in the Matapédia Valley. The municipality had a population of 1,488 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The village is located on the shores of the eponymous ''Lac au Saumon'' (French for "Salmon Lake") that is an enlargement of the Matapédia River. It was known as a spawning ground for salmon, but major pollution from mills made this a thing of the past. History The area opened up to colonization in 1863, and the Mission of Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon was founded in 1876. But it was not until 1896 that real settlement began with the arrival of a group of Acadians from the Magdalen Islands. The following year the Lac-au-Saumon post office opened. In 1904, the Municipality of Saint-Edmond was incorporated when it separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre (now Amqui). The following year, the Village Municipality of Lac-au-Saumon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertville, Quebec
Albertville is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. The municipality, named after André-Albert Blais, 2nd bishop of Rimouski, had a population of 239 in the Canada 2021 Census. Geography Albertville is in one of the highest territories of the Matapédia Valley. Demographics Population In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albertville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Canada Census data before 2001: * Population in 1996: 364 (-9.0% from 1991) * Population in 1991: 400 Government Municipal council * Mayor: Martin Landry * Councillors: Géraldine Chrétien, Denise Desmarais, Jacques Joncas, Gilberte Potvin, Valérie Potvin, Jennyfer Ruel Education Albertville is covered by the Monts-et-Marées Scholar Service Centre with the Saint-Rosaire School i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Causapscal
Causapscal (; ) is a city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. It is located at the confluence of the Matapédia River, Matapédia and Causapscal Rivers, along Quebec Route 132, approximately halfway between Mont-Joli, Quebec, Mont-Joli and Campbellton, New Brunswick. It is served by the Causapscal railway station (the town can be reached by Via Rail on the named train The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax) and the Causapscal Airport. The city's name is taken from the geographic township of Casupscull (proclaimed in 1864), which in turn is derived from the Mi'kmaq language, Mi'kmaq word ''Goesôpsiag'' (or ''Gesapsgel, Gesôpsgigel''), meaning "stony bottom", "swift water", or "rocky point", likely referring to the rocky river bed of the Causapscal River. History Development of the place followed the construction of the Intercolonial Railway in the 1860s. In 1870, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Mountains
The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains (Vermont), Green Mountains of Vermont. The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern edge of the St. Lawrence River valley, and following the Canada–United States border between Quebec and Maine. The mountainous Madawaska County, New Brunswick, New Brunswick "panhandle" is located in the Notre Dame range as well as the uppermost reaches of the Connecticut River valley in New Hampshire. As the mountains are geologic timescale, geologically old, they have erosion, eroded to an average height of around . Etymology ''Notre Dame'' is French for "Our Lady," a Catholic term referring to Veneration of Mary in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin Mary. While on an expedition on 15 August 1535, Jacques Cartier wrote: The ''jour Notre Dame d'aoust XVe'' refers to the feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorated in the Catholic Church on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matapedia Valley
The Matapedia Valley (, ) was formed by the Chic-Choc Mountains of eastern Québec. Its name is derived from the river that traverses the valley, as well as the lake that lies in its center. It is situated in the southwest of the Gaspé Peninsula and stretches . The land is primarily made up of forest and agriculture, and is home to more than 20,000 inhabitants in some thirty municipalities. Most of them are concentrated along the main avenue of communication, Route 132. The city of Amqui is the seat of the RCM and is home to 6,261 people. The Mi'kmaq people first developed the valley around 500 BCE. French-Canadian settlement began in 1833 when Pierre Brochu moved to Lake Matapedia along Kempt Road. Settlers began flocking to the land in the late nineteenth century with the development of land clearing, agriculture, and the logging industry. Toponymy The name Matapedia may derive from the Mi'kmaq word ''matapegiag'', meaning "river junction", from the parts ''mata'' (junct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matapédia River
The Matapedia River (, ) is a river in the Matapedia Valley in the province of Quebec, Canada. It runs on from Matapedia Lake down to the village of Matapédia where it empties into the left bank of Restigouche River on the provincial border of New Brunswick. This freshwater course forms a natural border between the administrative regions of Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The river is a North South divide in the Notre Dame Mountains that characterize the relief of the Gaspé Peninsula. The Matapedia River basin drains an area of about . Matapedia River is often called the'' Salmon Capital ''. From the South side of Matapedia Lake and going to the South, the route 132 along the river goes on its entire length by the East bank. The Canadian National Railway passes South of Matapedia Lake continues on the West bank of the river in Causapscal where the bridge at South of the village made the railway cross on the East bank. The track then cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
