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École Secondaire Catholique Thériault
École secondaire catholique Thériault is a secondary school located in Timmins, Ontario. It is a Francophone Roman Catholic school administered by the Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes-Rivières with some 1000 students. The school is named after Père Charles-Eugène Thériault, one of the founders of the city of Timmins. The school was established in 1968 through the amalgamation of Collège Sacré-Coeur, Collège Notre-Dame, and l'Académie Don Bosco. Its current building was finished in 1972 and features various facilities, including the Agora, a common area, a cafeteria, a 750-seat auditorium named after Charles Fournier, a former vice-principal, two gymnasiums, and a track and field complex. Notably, the auditorium is the largest in the city. At its peak in the late 1970s, the school had close to 2,000 students, making it the largest francophone secondary school in Ontario at the time. The cross-country running program, led by Frère Roland Saumur, has ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timmins
Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 at the 2021 Canadian census and an estimated population of 44,819 in 2023. The city's economy is based on natural resource extraction. It is supported by industries related to lumbering, and to the mining of gold, zinc, copper, nickel, and silver. Timmins serves as a regional service and distribution centre. The city has a large Franco-Ontarians, Francophone community, with more than 50% of the residents bilingual in French and English. History Early history Archaeological evidence indicates that the area has been inhabited for at least 6,500 years. The first inhabitants were nomadic peoples of the Archaic period (North America)#Shield Archaic, Shield Archaic culture. At the time of European colonization of the Americas, European contact, the area was inhabited primarily by the Cree and Oji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
