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Rivière Aux Ours (Sainte-Anne River Tributary)
The rivière aux Ours is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne river flowing in the municipality of Saint-Raymond, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada. The small valley of the Rivière aux Ours is served by the Corcoran road and the Chute-Panet road which runs along the south and east bank of the Sainte-Anne river, for the needs of agriculture, forestry and residents of the sector. The main economic activities of the sector are agriculture and forestry. The surface of the Bear River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April. Geography The Bear River has its source at the mouth in a marsh area (length: ; altitude ) located on the south side of th ... [...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] |
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported a total resident population of 757,950 as of the Canada 2021 Census, with Quebec City having 77.7 percent of the total. Prior to January 2000, it was known as the Québec administrative region. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities Equivalent territory Independent parish municipality * Notre-Dame-des-Anges Native People's Reserve * Wendake Major communities * Baie-Saint-Paul * Boischatel * Donnacona * L'Ancienne-Lorette * La Malbaie * Lac-Beauport * Pont-Rouge *Quebec City ( Ville de Québec) * Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures * Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval * Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier * Saint-Raymond * Shannon * Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury School Districts 25 francophone districts managed by 5 school ser ... [...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] |
Portneuf Regional County Municipality
Portneuf () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec, Canada. RCM of Portneuf has been established on January 1, 1982. It is composed of 21 municipalities: nine cities, seven municipalities, two parishes and three unorganized territories. The county seat is located in Cap-Santé. History The Regional County Municipality of Portneuf was constituted as a regional administrative entity on November 25, 1981, by a Provincial decree creating the supralocal Regional County Municipality administration based on the (...) and therefore replacing the previously existing historic Portneuf County Corporation. While the new administrative boundary included most of the communities from its previous historic limits, a few municipalities were merged with bordering entities: St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Sainte-Catherine-de-Portneuf, Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Quebec. Those municipalities yet remained within the Electoral Federal Riding of Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Raymond, Quebec
Saint-Raymond (), also called Saint-Raymond de Portneuf (), is a city in Quebec, Canada, located about north-west of Quebec City. It is the largest city in population and area of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality. History First settlements The seigniory of Bourg-Louis, which includes the territory of Saint-Raymond, was initially occupied by the Wyandot people, Huron. Their round hut was only a few feet away from the current location of the presbytery. The seigniory was jointly owned by Bernard-Antoine Panet (Saint-Raymond, Quebec), Bernard-Antoine Panet and Peter Langlois (Saint-Raymond, Quebec), Peter Langlois. The two men encourage the colonization of Sainte-Anne river valley. Four couples from Ancienne-Lorette were the first to rise to the challenge: * Alexis Cayer (Saint-Raymond, Quebec), Alexis Cayer and Jane Skinner (Saint-Raymond, Quebec), Jane Skinner * Pierre Plamondon (Saint-Raymond, Quebec), Pierre Plamondon and Louise Déry (Saint-Raymond, Quebec), Louise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talayarde River
The rivière Talayarde is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne river flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Blanc and in the town of Saint-Raymond, in the MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, at Quebec, in Canada. The Talayarde river valley is mainly served by the forest road R0300 which goes up north passing on the east side of the valley. Some secondary roads serve the territory for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities. The main economic activities in the sector are forestry and recreational tourism activities. The surface of the Talayarde River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April. Geography The main hydrographic sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Anne River (Mauricie)
Sainte-Anne River (Les Chenaux), Teyaiar River (Huron-Wendat Nation, Huron Wendat), rivière Sainte-Anne (French), flows from north to south on the north shore in the Estuary of St. Lawrence, estuary section of the St. Lawrence River, in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, Les Chenaux, Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Portneuf and La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, La Jacques-Cartier Regional county municipality, RCM, Mauricie and National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital regions, Quebec, Canada. Toponymy The Sainte-Anne River has its source in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, Laurentides Wildlife reserve, in Lake Sainte-Anne. The river, approximately 120 km long, flows from north to south, crossing the municipalities of Saint-Alban, Quebec, Saint-Alban and Saint-Casimir, Quebec, Saint-Casimir to end its course at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, on the north shore of the Estuary of St. Lawrence, estuarine section. of the St. Lawrence River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Raymond
Saint-Raymond (), also called Saint-Raymond de Portneuf (), is a city in Quebec, Canada, located about north-west of Quebec City. It is the largest city in population and area of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality. History First settlements The seigniory of Bourg-Louis, which includes the territory of Saint-Raymond, was initially occupied by the Huron. Their round hut was only a few feet away from the current location of the presbytery. The seigniory was jointly owned by Bernard-Antoine Panet and Peter Langlois. The two men encourage the colonization of Sainte-Anne river valley. Four couples from Ancienne-Lorette were the first to rise to the challenge: * Alexis Cayer and Jane Skinner * Pierre Plamondon and Louise Déry * Pierre Duplain and Esther Robert * Joson Déry and Marguerite Hamel It was in the spring of 1831 that the four men first left their home for the land the Huron had told them about. Once arrived, they shared the land among themselves. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 354
Route 354 (highest elevation: 507 ft) is an east-west regional road in Quebec, Canada, starting from Quebec Route 159, Route 159 north of Ste-Anne de la Pérade going to St-Raymond. It follows the Sainte-Anne River, Rivière Ste-Anne on the south shore most of the time. It is 55 km long, and overlaps Quebec Route 363, Route 363 about 4 km in Saint-Casimir, Quebec, St-Casimir. Between St-Casimir and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec, Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, it is named the "Rapide Nord", where it is the only part it is on the north shore of the river. It becomes rue Tessier Ouest in the village zone. This section was really bad until fall 2005, when it was newly paved on 12 km. Once it crosses the Rivière Ste-Anne, in the village of St-Casimir, it takes the name of rue (street) Notre-Dame. From St-Alban to Saint-Raymond, Quebec, St-Raymond (Chute Panet), the route has the name of "Route du Golf", because there is the "Golf des Pins" in St-Alban. In St-Raymond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec
Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne (; Municipality), formerly Sainte-Catherine (Parish Municipality), is located along the banks of the Sainte-Anne River (Les Chenaux), Sainte-Anne River, in the Capitale-Nationale region, Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Portneuf RCM, Quebec, Canada. The municipality has 601 inhabitants (2019), on a territory of just over 145 km2, divided between logging and agricultural land development. Demonym: Auvergnat, ate (French). In 1893, the local mission was founded, named after Sister Sainte-Christine, born Clara Deschènes, who held a senior position at the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Daughters of Charity in Quebec at that time. In 1895, it became a parish by separating from Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Saint-Raymond, Saint-Basile, Quebec, Saint-Basile, and Portneuf, Quebec, Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf, it was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Christine. In 1896 its post office opened. The town was also frequently called Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Laurent River
The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, traversing Ontario and Quebec in Canada and New York in the United States. A section of the river demarcates the Canada–U.S. border. As the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin, the St. Lawrence has the second-highest discharge of any river in North America (after the Mississippi River) and the 16th-highest in the world. The estuary of the St. Lawrence is often cited by scientists as the largest in the world. Significant natural landmarks of the river and estuary include the 1,864 river islands of the Thousand Islands, the endangered whales of Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, and the limestone monoliths of the Mingan Archipelago. Long a transportation route to Indigenous peoples, the St. Lawrence River has pla ... [...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] |
