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ÃŽle Charron
Charron Island () is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, the westernmost of the Îles de Boucherville archipelago, near Îles-de-Boucherville National Park to the northeast of Montreal. It is part of the city of Longueuil, and is connected to the mainland and the Island of Montreal by the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel which carries Quebec Autoroute 25 and the Trans-Canada Highway. History In 1672, Louis XIV of France ceded Charron Island (then called "Île Notre-Dame") to governor of Trois-Rivières René Gaultier, who became ''seigneur'' of Varennes. When signing the concession act, intendant Jean Talon annexed the island to the fief Du Tremblay. In 1689, Gaultier's wife (the daughter of Pierre Boucher) ceded the island to their daughter Madeleine Le-Villier, and the island came to be called Île Madeleine. From 1690 to 1753, the island changed hands several times. First sold to Louis Lamoureux, it was then acquired three years later by Prudent Bougret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel
Louis-Hippolyte may refer to: * Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé (1800–1866), French painter * Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (1878–1948), French architect * Louis Hippolyte Bouteille (1804–1881), French ornithologist * Louis Hippolyte Gache, 19th century pastor of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.) * Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807–1864), Canadian politician * Louis-Hippolyte Lebas (1782–1867), French architect * Louis Hippolyte Leroy (1763–1829), French fashion merchant * Louis Hippolyte de Lormel (1808–1888), French colonial administrator * François Louis Hippolyte Monpou (1804–1841), French musician * Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet (1884–1933), French colonial administrator See also * Louise-Hippolyte Grimaldi (1697–1731), Louise Hippolyte of the House of Grimaldi, Princess of Monaco * Hippolyte-Louis (given name) * Hippolyte (name) * Louis (name) * * * * Louis (other) * Hippolyte (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fief Du Tremblay
A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services or payments. The fees were often lands, land revenue or revenue-producing real property like a watermill, held in feudal land tenure: these are typically known as fiefs or fiefdoms. However, not only land but anything of value could be held in fee, including governmental office, rights of exploitation such as hunting, fishing or felling trees, monopolies in trade, money rents and tax farms. There never existed a standard feudal system, nor did there exist only one type of fief. Over the ages, depending on the region, there was a broad variety of customs using the same basic legal principles in many variations. Terminology In ancient Rome, a "benefice" (from the Latin noun , meaning "benefit") was a gift of land () for life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Elm
''Ulmus americana'', generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm, is a species of elm native to eastern North America. The trees can live for several hundred years. It is a very hardy species that can withstand low winter temperatures, but it is affected by Dutch elm disease. The wood was seldom utilized until the advent of mechanical sawing. It is the state tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota. Description The American elm is a deciduous tree which, under ideal conditions, can grow to heights of . The trunk may have a diameter at breast height (dbh) of more than , supporting a high, spreading umbrella-like canopy. The leaves are alternate, long, with double-serrate margins and an oblique base. The leaves turn yellow in the fall. The perfect flowers are small, purple-brown and, being wind-pollinated, apetalous. The flowers are also protogynous, the female parts maturing before the male, thus reducing, but not eliminating, self-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Willow
''Salix nigra'', or the black willow, is a species of willow native to a large portion of North America, from New Brunswick and southern Ontario west to Arizona and California, and south to northern Florida and Texas. Description ''Salix nigra'' is a medium-sized deciduous tree, the largest North American species of willow, growing to tall, exceptionally up to , with a trunk diameter. The bark is dark brown to blackish, becoming fissured in older trees, and frequently forking near the base.Peattie, Donald Culross. Trees You Want to Know. Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1934 The shoots are slender and variable in color from green to brown, yellow or purplish; they are (like the related European ''Salix fragilis'') brittle at the base, snapping evenly at the branch junction if bent sharply. The foliage buds are long, with a single, pointed reddish-brown bud scale. The leaves are alternate, long, thin, long and broad, usually somewhat falcate, dark, shiny green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Ash
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
