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Deschênes, Quebec
Deschênes is a former municipality in Quebec, Canada, located in the Outaouais region. Along with Lucerne, it was a part of the municipality of Aylmer in 1975, itself amalgamated into the City of Gatineau in 2002. Originally, the name of the village was ''Deschênes Mills''. History Traces of human presence dating from 6-8000 years before today have been found in the Ottawa Valley (Outaouais region). Around 500 BC the population known as the Algonquin (Anishinàbeg) people is established, whose territory will span the length of the Kichi Zibi River (the Great or Grand River), known today as the Ottawa River.. In 1610, Samuel de Champlain sent Nicolas de Vignau on a mission to learn the Algonquin language. Vignau travelled up the river and spent a year with the Indigenous inhabitants. He became the second European to pass by the Deschênes rapids - Étienne Brûlé was the first. In his passage that led him towards the Mattawa River and the French River to finally reach Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Former Municipalities In Quebec
The Province of Quebec currently has 1,128 local municipalities including 233 cities, 655 municipalities and 42 villages, 131 parishes and 42 townships. In addition, there are 662 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 176 former cities or towns, 190 regular municipalities, 121 villages, 133 parishes and 41 townships. These communities no longer exist as independent urban municipalities due to amalgamation, annexation or dissolution. In the context of this list, "annexed" means that the former municipality disappeared after being annexed by an existing municipality or following the creation of a new municipality formed under the bases and with the institutions of an existing municipality. Meanwhile, "merged" means that the former municipality was merged with one or multiple municipalities to form a new municipality. Usually, unlike annexed municipalities, none of the merged municipalities is considered to be the legitimate successor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |