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Etchemin may refer to: * Etchemin language, a language of the Algonquian language family, spoken in early colonial times on the coast of Maine * Etchemin River, a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec See also * Beauce-Etchemin School Board, headquartered in Saint-Georges, Quebec * Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet, a former federal electoral district in Quebec (1997-2004) * Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, a federal electoral district in Quebec (from 2004) * École secondaire les Etchemins, a school in Charny, Quebec * Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, a municipality in and the seat of Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality ** Lac Etchemin Airport * Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etchemin Language
Etchemin was a language of the Algonquian languages, Algonquian language family, spoken in early colonial times on the coast of Maine. The word ''Etchemin'' is thought to be either French language, French alteration of an Algonquian word for 'canoe' or a translation of ''Skidijn'', the native word for people in use by the inhabitants of the St. John, Passamaquoddy and St. Croix Rivers. The only known record of the Etchemin language is a list of the numbers from one to ten recorded by Marc Lescarbot in the early 17th century and published in his book ''The History of New France'' (1609). The numerals in the list match those of Malecite-Passamaquoddy language, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Eastern Abenaki, as well as languages of southern New England such as Wampanoag language, Wampanoag, but as a set they do not match any other Algonquian languages, Algonquian language. The Etchemin language disappeared not long after Lescarbot's visit, and it is unknown what became of the tribe. All oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etchemin River
The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec. It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "les Etchemins." The source of the river is not Etchemin Lake but a little east of the lake, in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse. The Etchemin River, which had become been the victim of pollution for decades, became the topic of conversation in 1993, when a few residents of Saint-Léon-de-Standon began work on a project to revive the Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Hucho taimen, Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlan ... in the river. The project was scoffed at in the beginning since damming and logging along the Etchemin's shore and agricultural runoff and dumping had po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauce-Etchemin School Board
The Beauce-Etchemin School Board (la Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Etchemin) is a former school board that was dissolved on June 15, 2020, it had its headquarters in Saint-Georges, 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, .... The last Director-General of the School Board was Camil Turmel as of June 26, 2006. Administration It covers fifty-five municipalities and is divided into seven sectors: * Sector des Abénaquis * Sector des Appalaches * Sector Bélanger * Sector Benoît-Vachon * Sector Saint-François * Sector Sartigan * Sector Veilleux The slogan of the School Board in French is "Ensemble vers l'avenir" which translates as "Together towards the future". The slogan means that education is the foundation upon which we can build upon towards a better and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. It was created as "Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1996 from Bellechasse electoral district. It was renamed "Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1997. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny ridings. The district consisted of the cities of L'Islet, Lac-Etchemin, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the Regional County Municipalities of Bellechasse, L'Islet, Montmagny and Les Etchemins (except the municipalities of Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Zacharie and Sainte-Aurélie). Members of Parliament This riding elected only one Member of Parliament: Normand won the 1997 election narrowly over François Langlois of the ''Bloc Québécois'', but be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (formerly Lévis—Bellechasse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings. Geography The riding is located south of Quebec City and covers a strip of land between the city's cross-river suburbs and the Canada–US border. It is located in the Quebec region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It consists of the RCM of Bellechasse and most of Les Etchemins, as well as the eastern part of the city of Lévis. The neighbouring ridings are Beauce, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Louis-Hébert, Québec, Beauport—Limoilou, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup. The 2012 federal electoral distribution concluded that this riding will retain its current boundaries, but was renamed Bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
