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Mauricie
Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a population of 266,112 residents as of the 2016 Census. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan. The word ''Mauricie'' was coined by local priest and historian Albert Tessier and is based on the Saint-Maurice river which runs through the region on a North-South axis. Mauricie administrative region was created on August 20, 1997 from the split of Mauricie–Bois-Francs administrative region into Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec. However, the concept of Mauricie as a traditional region long predates this. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities * Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality * Maskinongé Regional County Municipality * Mékinac Regional County Municipality Equivalent territories * Agglomeratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourism In Mauricie
Mauricie tourism represents an important sector of Québec’s economy with 1.2 to 1.5 million visitors each year who spend 200 to 300 million dollars per year in tourist attractions and services. In 2011, 90% of tourists in Mauricie were Quebecers, 3% came from other Canadian provenances, 2% from the United States, and 4% from others. Territory of La Mauricie The region covers in boreal forest with the main watershed Saint-Maurice River, including lakes and rivers. Within its boundaries, the region has one of the oldest places of occupation in Quebec, Trois-Rivières founded in 1634, the second largest city in New France. The region holds the oldest manors and several cantons. The region has taken place among the most important phases in the history of Quebec (fur trade, metallurgy, forestry, hydropower, industrialization, etc..). The Mauricie is one of the 22 tourist areas in Quebec. Its territory is the same as Mauricie administrative region of the same name. Betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Mauricie National Park
La Mauricie National Park () is a national park located near Shawinigan in the Laurentian Mountains, in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It covers in the southern Canadian Shield region bordering the Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence lowlands. The park contains 150 lakes and many ponds. The park lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. The forests in this region were logged from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century. The park's forests have regrown and contain a mixture of conifers and mixed deciduous trees. Wildlife in the park includes moose, American black bear, black bears, American beaver, beavers and Northern river otter, otters. It supports a small number of wood turtles, rare in Canada. The park is a popular location for camping, canoeing and kayaking. The park is named after the nearby Saint-Maurice River to the east of the park. The Matawin River (Quebec), Matawin River flows along the west and north borders of the park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawinigan
Shawinigan (; ) is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,620 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and Census geographic units of Canada, census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat of the Judicial districts of Quebec, judicial district of Saint-Maurice. The name Shawinigan has had numerous spellings over time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It may mean "south portage", "portage of beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest". Before 1958, the city was known as Shawinigan Falls. Shawinigan is the birthplace of former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. History In 1651, the Jesuit priest Buteaux was the first European known to have travelled up the Saint-Maurice River to this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (RCM) of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of the Saint-Maurice. Located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Established in January 1982, the Mékinac RCM is made up of 10 or 11 municipalities depending on the source, Saint-Tite is the most populous city, four unorganized territories occupying two-thirds of its surface area. Geography Eleven municipalities and Unorganized Territories make up the RCM de Mékinac. It is distinguished by a huge forest dotted with more than 2,000 lakes, agriculture adapted to the environment, popular holiday sites and picturesque villages. The Mékinac RCM is located on both sides of the Saint-Maurice River, between the upper and central Mauricie regions. It is adjacent to the RCMs of Matawinie, Maskinongé, Centre-du-Québec, Les Chenaux, Portneuf a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tuque, Quebec
La Tuque ( , , ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord, Quebec, Chambord. The population was 11,129 at the 2021 Canadian census, most of which live within the Population centre (Canada), urban area. At over , it is the List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area, largest city in Canada by area. The canoeing race begins at La Tuque. The name, which dates to the eighteenth century, originates from a nearby rock formation which resembles a French-Canadian knitted cap known as the tuque. In 1823–24, the explorer François Verreault described the location as: The hat-shaped mountain which gave its name to the town of La Tuque is located between the Saint-Maurice River (left bank) and the WestRock paper mill. The summit of this mountain is about . It is located from the river and about upstream (northeast side) of the La Tuque hydroelectric power plant. History The territory of La Tuque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Regions Of Quebec
Image:Regions administratives du Quebec.png, 350px, The seventeen administrative regions of Quebec. poly 213 415 206 223 305 215 304 232 246 230 255 266 251 283 263 289 280 302 291 307 307 315 308 294 318 301 333 299 429 281 432 292 403 311 388 338 359 344 364 375 323 380 293 367 238 401 213 421 Côte-Nord poly 31 381 40 313 60 294 55 262 57 246 49 241 48 225 100 192 101 146 76 116 96 84 90 54 97 44 91 25 96 11 120 18 146 22 153 18 177 40 177 51 205 54 210 63 206 80 212 105 237 129 256 116 266 92 273 73 281 105 286 134 297 145 295 176 307 215 204 222 205 289 179 314 178 324 163 339 148 344 124 380 127 391 122 393 31 386 Nord-du-Québec poly 72 499 87 499 112 497 136 490 138 492 132 495 114 501 90 506 89 513 72 514 72 502 Laval (Québec), Laval poly 95 518 94 506 111 505 130 497 137 497 139 491 142 492 139 497 137 499 121 502 116 512 114 519 94 521 Montréal (region), Montréal poly 124 509 138 500 143 497 145 489 151 478 156 488 158 489 163 492 160 497 159 500 161 506 159 509 135 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maskinongé Regional County Municipality
Maskinongé () is a regional county municipality in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Louiseville. It is located adjacent on the west of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River. The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 36,316, an increase of 0.1% over the 2011 population. History The RCM was formed on January 1, 1982, and it consisted of Hunterstown Township (now part of Saint-Paulin, Quebec, Saint-Paulin); Belleau Municipality (now part of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts); the parish municipalities of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Sainte-Angèle (since renamed to Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont, Quebec, Sainte-Angèle-de-Premont), Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche (now part of Yamachiche, Quebec, Yamachiche), Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup (now part of Louiseville, Quebec, Louiseville), Saint-Barnabé, Quebec, Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Édouard (since renamed to Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, Quebec, Saint- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality
Les Chenaux (, meaning ''the channels'' in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawrence River. It has a land area of and a population of 17,865 inhabitants in the Canada 2011 Census. Its largest community is the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. Les Chenaux is one of the few regional county municipalities in Quebec that does not constitute its own census division; instead, it is grouped with Trois-Rivières as the single census division of Francheville. Geography The "Les Chenaux" RCM is an area east of Trois-Rivières, located between the villages of Champlain and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade on north shore of St. Lawrence River. The MRC is approximately 40 km in length to about 20 kilometers in depth. The territory is crossed by three rivers flowing from north to south: Champlain River, Batiscan River and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour, Quebec, Bécancour. It is part of the densely populated Quebec City–Windsor Corridor and is approximately halfway between Montreal and Quebec City. Trois-Rivières is the economic and cultural hub of the Mauricie region. The settlement was founded by French colonists on July 4, 1634, as the second permanent settlement in New France, after Quebec City in 1608. The name of Trois-Rivières, which dates from the end of the 16th century, was used by French explorers in reference to the three channels in the Saint-Maurice River formed at its mouth with the Saint Lawrence, as it is divided by two islands, Potherie (Île Caron) and Saint-Quentin Island, Île Saint-Quentin. The city occupies a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Maurice River
The Saint-Maurice River (, ; ) is one of the main tributaries of the St. Lawrence River, after the Ottawa River, Ottawa and the Saguenay River, Saguenay Rivers and drains an area of 42,735 km2. It touches the Lac Saint-Jean, Lake Saint John watershed to the north; the Nottaway River watershed, a major tributary of James Bay, to the northwest; and the southwestern tributaries of the Ottawa River. The Saint-Maurice River is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. The main tributaries of the Saint-Maurice River are: * Matawin River (Quebec), Matawin River, whose mouth is at Rivière Matawin (Hamlet), Matawin (Hamlet); * Vermillon River (La Tuque) which empties about 23 km, 14 miles (by water) upstream (north) of the Beaumont generating station in La Tuque, Quebec, La Tuque; * Manouane River (La Tuque) which empties about 115 km, 70 miles (by water) upstream (north) of La Tuque, Quebec, La Tuque; * La Trenche River (La Tuque) which empties near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricie–Bois-Francs
Mauricie–Bois-Francs () was a former administrative region of Quebec. It ceased to exist on July 30, 1997 (or August 20, 1997, upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec) when it was split into the modern-day administrative regions of Mauricie and 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- .... It consisted of the following regional county municipalities: * Francheville * Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie * Le Haut-Saint-Maurice * Maskinongé * Mékinac which became part of Mauricie, and: * Arthabaska * Bécancour * Drummond * L'Érable * Nicolet-Yamaska which became part of Centre-du-Québec. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mauricie-Bois-Francs Former administrative regions of Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louiseville
Louiseville () is a Types of municipalities in Quebec, town in the Mauricie Quebec region, region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. It is located near the mouth of the 'Rivière-du-Loup', on the north shore of Lac Saint-Pierre. Louiseville is twinned with Soissons in France and Cerfontaine, Belgium, Cerfontaine in Belgium. History The area was originally part of the Seigneurial system of New France, la Seignorie Rivière-du-Loup. This seignory was formed in 1665 by Intendant Jean Talon and granted in 1672 to Charles Dugey Rozoy-de-Mannereuil, officer in the Carignan-Salières Regiment, Carignan Regiment. The seignory was thereafter also known as Rivière-Mannereuil for some time. In 1714, a mission was formed by the Récollets who dedicated it to the patronage of Anthony of Padua. In 1722, the Ursulines owned the seignory and attempted to change the name to Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-Saint-Jean but the settlement became known as Rivièr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
