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L'Abbé River (Bulstrode River Tributary)
The L'Abbé River (''in French: rivière L'Abbé'') is a watercourse whose mouth flows into the Bulstrode River in the town of Victoriaville, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. The L'Abbé river flows mainly in agricultural areas. Geography The neighboring geographical slopes of the L'Abbé river are on the north or west side the Bulstrode River, on the east side the Gosselin River and on the south side the Nicolet River. The Abbé River originates from various agricultural streams, in an agricultural area northwest of Norbertville and south of the Bulstrode River. From its head, the river flows more parallel to the Lachance River, over . From the source, the river runs southwest, to route 263. Then, it flows on towards the southwest, up to two bodies of water developed by the city. It then goes south, up to route 116. Finally, it flows on towards the southwest, crossing r ... [...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] |
Princeville, Québec
Princeville () is a city (Quebec), city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located in L'Érable Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region. The population was 6,218 as of the Canada 2021 Census. History The county of Stanfold (Princeville) was created by Édouard Leclerc on July 9, 1807 when he established himself on lot 6, rang 12 in Princeville. A monument was erected in his honour on the east section of the 12th rang. Stanfold then had a new division that would become the village of Princeville in 1856. Thus two municipalities would now co-existed. On February 23, 2000, the municipalities of the city of Princeville and the parish of Princeville become one to form the new city of Princeville. Geography Covering an area of 195.01 km2, Princeville is crossed by the Bulstrode River, 81 km south of Trois-Rivières, 145 km from the border of the US state of Maine and 70 km from Drummondville. Demographics In the 2021 Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 122
Route 122 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Yamaska and the eastern terminus is in Victoriaville at the junction of Route 116. The highway acts mainly as the main link between Drummondville and Sorel-Tracy, and somewhat as a major link between Victoriaville and Drummondville. Municipalities along Route 122 * Yamaska * Saint-Gérard-Majella * Saint-David * Saint-Guillaume * Saint-Bonaventure * Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham * Saint-Germain-de-Grantham * Drummondville, '' Saint-Charles-de-Drummond'' * Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover * Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (Parish) * Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (Village) * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Saint-Albert * Victoriaville Major intersections See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) Route 122on Google Maps 122 122 may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 116
Route 116 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It runs between Route 134 in Longueuil and Route 132 in Lévis, connecting the south shore areas of Montreal and Quebec City; it also serves the administrative regions of Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec, Estrie and Chaudière-Appalaches. Until the mid-1970s it was known as Route 9 between Le Moyne (presently part of Longueuil) and Saint-Simon; Route 32 between Saint-Simon and Richmond; and Route 5 between Richmond and Saint-Nicolas (presently part of Lévis). Route description Route 116 begins in Longueuil at the junction of Route 134 ( Boulevard Taschereau) in Borough of Le Moyne and called Boulevard Sir Wilfrid-Laurier, and name that it holds until Autoroute 20 east of Saint-Hyacinthe. Route 116 shares a concurrency with Route 112 until Saint-Hubert, just south of the Saint-Hubert Municipal Airport, to the junct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 263
Route 263 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in the city of Bécancour at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 161 close to Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn. List of towns along Route 263 * Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford * Lemieux * Saint-Louis-de-Blandford * Princeville * Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska * Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester * Saint-Fortunat * Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown * Disraeli * Sainte-Praxède * Saint-Romain * Lambton * Saint-Sébastien * Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton * Marston * Piopolis * Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn File:Mont Scotch Cap - 1.jpg, View over Scotch Cap summit between Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn and Piopolis. File:Piopolis3.jpg, In Piopolis. File:Marston3.jpg, In Marston. File:Montstececile.jpg, Mont Sainte-Cécile in Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton. File:LeMorneSt-Sebastien.jpg, Morne de Saint-Sébastien in Saint-Sébastien. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachance River (Gosselin River Tributary)
The Lachance river (''in French: rivière Lachance'') is a watercourse whose mouth flows into the Gosselin River, a tributary of the Nicolet River in the city of Victoriaville, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. The Lachance River sometimes flows in agricultural and urban areas. Geography The neighboring watersheds of the Lachance River are: * north side: Bulstrode River, L'Abbé River; * east side: Gosselin River; * south side: Nicolet River; * west side: Nicolet River. The Lachance river has its source west of the Demers road, north of the hamlet of Saint-Norbert. The river flows more or less parallel (on the west side) to the Gosselin river. The Lachance River flows on the east bank of the Gosselin River, in an area northeast of the city of Victoriaville, in the small valley dominated by Mont Saint-Michel. Its confluence is located upstream from the confluence of the Gosselin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosselin River (Nicolet River Tributary)
The Gosselin River (''in French: rivière Gosselin'') is a tributary of Nicolet River passing through Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska and Victoriaville, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. The Gosselin River sometimes flows in agricultural, forest and urban areas. Geography The neighboring watersheds of the Gosselin River are: * north side: Bulstrode River, l'Abbé River, Lachance River; * east side: Gobeil stream; * south side: Nicolet River, Roux stream, Brooks River; * west side: Nicolet River. The Gosselin River takes its source from a small lake located to the east of the Arthabaska sector of the city of Victoriaville and to the east of Mont Saint-Michel. From its head, the Gosselin river flows on in the following segments: * northward, to the confluence of Houle brook; * southwesterly, to the confluence of the Lach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie). Centre-du-Québec is not located in the geographic centre of Quebec, though it is approximately located in the centre of the southern portion of the province. Some consider the name Bois-Francs to be synonymous with the Centre-du-Québec region; others see it as being synonymous with Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, with its main city Victoriaville earning the title ''Capitale des Bois-Francs'' (capital of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoriaville
Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabaska, Saint-Victoire-d'Arthabaska and Victoriaville, the name of the last being used for the merged town. Description Victoriaville's size and location have earned it the title ''Capitale des Bois-Francs'', referring to the Bois-Francs region of the province. Victoriaville produces numerous hardwood products, including furniture, caskets, and hockey sticks. The town was home to the famous Victoriaville hockey company. The Parc-Linéaire Des Bois-Francs bike trail traverses Victoriaville. There are many paths for cyclists throughout the town, including ones leading to the summit of Mont Arthabaska, at the southern limits of the town. The Laurier Museum is located in the home of former Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, which is desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
