La Macaza () is a municipality and village in the province of Quebec, Canada. The village is located in the

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, in the Laurentian region, in

Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality Antoine-Labelle () is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle. Subdivisions There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * ...

. Its population was 1094 in the

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. It is home to the

La Macaza – Mont Tremblant International Airport Mont-Tremblant International Airport (officially La Macaza – Mont-Tremblant International and formerly Rivière Rouge – Mont-Tremblant International Airport) is a single runway airport located in the township of La Macaza, Quebec, La Macaza ...

that serves the region. The La Macaza Institution, a medium security federal penitentiary operated by the

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, is located adjacent to the airport. There is a covered bridge that runs over the Macaza River, built in 1904, and is an international tourist attraction. There are many lakes and beaches in the municipality. According to the Geographic Names of the Province of Quebec (1921), "Macaza is the name of a native chief from the region", possibly the name of an old Amerindian who camped on the shores of Lake Macaza.

History

Although

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had lived in the area, the first European settlers arrived circa 1866. In 1904, La Macaza was established when the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Divin-Pasteur (Our Lady of Divine Shepherd) was founded. In 1930, the municipality was formed when its territory was detached from the municipality of Marchand (now part of Rivière-Rouge). It was first a farming community and later on its inhabitants worked mostly in logging, but today La Macaza receives a flood of vacationers each year. On December 18, 2002, La Macaza was merged into the new town of Rivière-Rouge when the Québec government forced certain province-wide mergers that were alleged to save citizens money. In 2004 the residents voted to separate from the city and on January 1, 2006, the municipality was reinstated.

Geography

Climate

Demographics

Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 3.9% * French as first language: 91% * English and French as first language: 1.7% * Other as first language: 3.9%

Government

List of former mayors: * Christian Bélisle (2006–2013) * Céline Beauregard (2013–2021) * Yves Bélanger (2021–present)

Education

Sainte Agathe Academy Sainte Agathe Academy (SAA; ) is a public anglophone primary and secondary school in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. It is operated by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Persons from the following communities are zoned to this school for the e ...

(of the

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...

) in

Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts () is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Les Laurentides in the administrative region of Laurentides, also known as the "Laurentians" or the Laurentian Mountains (in English) ...

serves English-speaking students in this community for both elementary and secondary levels.About Us
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaza, La Incorporated places in Laurentides Municipalities in Quebec