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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Odanak is an Indian reserve in the Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada. The mostly Abenaki population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 469. The territory is located near the mouth of the Saint-François River at its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. It is partly within the limits of Pierreville and across the river from Saint-François-du-Lac. Odanak is an Abenaki word meaning "in the village". ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Lambert is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec located opposite Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French-Canadian hunter Lambert Closse or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht. It was home to 21,599 people according to the Canada 2006 Census. Saint-Lambert is divided into two main neighbourhoods. The oldest neighbourhoods is the original city of Saint-Lambert as it existed prior to 1969. It is located in between the Victoria Bridge/Sir Wilfrid Laurier Boulevard and the borough of Vieux-Longueuil. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Jean-Vianney was a village in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, which was abandoned after it was partially destroyed in a landslide on May 4, 1971.Saint-Jean-Vianney was originally created as a parish municipality in 1935, and became a village on December 29, 1951. By 1971, the village had a population of 1,266.Located near the shore of the Saguenay River, Saint-Jean-Vianney was - unbeknownst to residents at the time - built atop a bed of unstable Leda clay, a type of subsoil which can liquify under stress. Following unusually heavy rains in April 1971, the clay soil bed at Saint-Jean-Vianney became saturated with water that had failed to run off, causing pockets of clay to gradually dissolve. Over the few weeks leading up to the landslide, cracks were reported in some of the town's streets and driveways, some house foundations dropped roughly six to eight inches into the soil, and some unusual noises - including underground thumps and an untraceable sound of running water - were reported. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bay of Fundy is a bay on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. The Bay of Fundy is known for its high tidal range and the bay is contested as having the highest vertical tidal range in the world with Ungava Bay in northern Quebec and the Severn Estuary in the UK. Some sources believe the name "Fundy" is a corruption of the French word "Fendu", meaning "split", while others believe it comes from the Portuguese fondo , meaning "funnel." The bay was also named Baie Française(French Bay) by explorer/cartographer Samuel de Champlain during a 1604 expedition led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts which resulted in a failed settlement attempt on St. Croix Island. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Côte Saint-Luc is a mostly residential town in Quebec, Canada, located on the Island of Montreal. Incorporated in 1903 it grew from a town to a city in 1958, it is mainly an upper-middle class residential suburb of Montreal. The City of Côte Saint-Luc has a history of being innovative and was the first municipality in Quebec to ban smoking in public places as well as the first to require bicycle helmets. Throughout 1920s, the town grew fast and accepted many immigrant populations leaving Montreal, notably German-Jewish, Scottish, and British families and their descendants. By 1935, the population reached 5,000. Côte Saint-Luc was slowly siding railroad development and industrial activities were relocating up north. A perfect example of this is an old warehouse near the intersection of Westminster and Côte Saint-Luc which today became a strip mall.After many years of debate and disagreement, Côte Saint-Luc agreed to the extension of Cavendish Blvd. in Côte Saint-Luc, most likely through an indirect route, to Cavendish Blvd. in the borough of Saint-Laurent, over the Canadian Pacific railyards. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Gédéon ou Saint-Gédéon-de-Grandmont is a municipality in Quebec in the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est and the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, the Roman Catholic church had 1,845 adherents in the municipality in 2001, with more than 96% of the population concentrated in one parish, Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. Atheists were in second place with 55 people (3 %), followed by Protestants with 15 people (1%). Residents of Saint-Gédéon belonging to other religions represented less than 1% of the population. There is also a Roman Catholic cemetery, cimetière Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue. As well, Saint-Gédéon has a permanent deacon, Daniel Audy, M.A., who was ordained by Mgr Couture, on June 7, 1991 of the feast day of the Sacred Heart. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint Jacques Street is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The street has had two official names: St. James Street in English (never spelled "Saint") after St. James's, London; and its current appellation, rue Saint-Jacques, in French. Both names are sometimes used in English, though Saint-Jacques is the most common for geographical reference. St. James Street is usually used in reference to the street's historic importance as a financial district. A main thoroughfare passing through Old Montreal, the street was first opened in 1672. The portion between McGill Street and place Saint Henri was originally called Bonaventure Street (rue Saint-Bonaventure), for which the Bonaventure Station was named. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Odelltown is a former town in southern Quebec, Canada located at (45.041N/73.388W) on Route 221, 4.7 km (2.9 mi) south of Lacolle, Quebec. The settlement was named after Joseph Odell, a United Empire Loyalist. The hamlet has since been made part of Lacolle. The area was the scene of a battle on June 28, 1814 during the War of 1812 between American and British forces. It resulted in a British victory. Odelltown was also the scene of two engagements between rebels and loyalists during the Lower Canada Rebellion between November 7, 1838 and November 9, 1838. Both engagements resulted in loyalist victories. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beaconsfield (pronounced "Bee-kunz-feeld"), 2006 Population 19,194) is a municipality on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of Lake Saint-Louis and is bordered on the west by Baie-D'Urfé, on the north by Kirkland and on the east by Pointe-Claire. It was incorporated in 1910. It is part of Greater Montreal locally referred to as the West Island. With the amalgamation of the Island's 27 distinct municipalities on January 1, 2002, it was merged with neighbouring Baie-D'Urfé to create the borough of Beaconsfield-Baie-D'Urfé, in the city of Montreal. On June 20, 2004 both municipalities voted to demerge and were re-established as separate cities on January 1, 2006. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Quebec (English pronunciation: /k??b?k/ or /kw??b?k/; French: Québec[keb?k]) is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speakingidentity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay, to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located along the Batiscan River. Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² (13,843.78 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents. 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. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Huntingdon is a small town in Huntingdon County in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality and the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,587. The town is located 75 kilometers (46 miles) southwest of Montréal, and only a few miles from the border with New York State. ... Read more

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The King's Highway 401 is a highway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the longest 400-Series Highway in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest highways in the world. In fact, the segment of Highway 401 passing through Toronto has the distinction of being North America's busiest freeway. Together with Quebec Autoroute 20, it is the road transportation backbone of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, along which over half of Canada's population resides. Colloquially, the road is known simply as the 401, spoken as "four-oh-one." In 1965, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario William Earl Rowe issued an Order-in-Council, on the advice of then-Premier John Robarts, designating Highway 401 the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, to honour both Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, two of the Province of Canada's Fathers of Confederation, and in recognition of Canada's upcoming centennial celebrations in 1967. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!McMasterville is a municipality in southwesternQuebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in theRegional County Municipality of La Vallée-du- Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006Census was 5,234. It is within the AdministrativeRegion of Montérégie.The town was founded in 1917 tohouse workers of the Canadian Explosives Limited.The town is named after the first chairman of thatcompany, William McMaster. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard is a parish municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Centre-du-Québec is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville and Bécancour. It has a land area of 6,928.78 km² (2,675.22 sq mi) and a 2006 census population of 224,200 inhabitants.The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997; prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie-Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Irénée is a parish municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Capitale-Nationale is one of 17 administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. Quebec City, Quebec's centre of government, is located in this region. It has a land area of 18,638.7 km2 (7,196.4 sq mi). It reported a total resident population of 675,450 at the 2007 census, with Quebec City having 74.3 percent of the total. Charlevoix-Est is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Clermont. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Robert-Cliche in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,490 as of 2009. The new city constitution dates from 1999, when the city of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and the parish municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce amalgamated. However, the territory was settled as a seigneurie in 1736 under Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, which makes it the oldest settlement in Beauce. In 1747, Vaudreuil would exchange it to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière, who would initiate the development of the settlement. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola is a parish municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality. Its territory is located on 33 of the Sorel Islands in the Saint Lawrence River where it flows into Lac Saint-Pierre, the largest of which are île Madame, île aux Ours, and La Grande Île. In 1895, the Parish of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola was formed, and named in honour of the founder of the Jesuits, Ignatius López de Loyola (1491-1556). In 1896, its post office opened and a year later, the parish municipality was established by separating from La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 397 as of 2009. First named Lower Ireland due to its location in the township of Ireland and in opposition to Upper Ireland, now the hamlet of Maple Grove in Irlande, Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf was first colonized by English, Irish and Scottish settlers. The current name was given to the municipality at its constitution in 1946. It honours Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary martyred in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland, Ontario, in 1649. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yamachiche is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. The name Yamachiche was first used to identify the Little Yamachiche River (Petite rivière Yamachiche) which runs through the town. It came from the Native American (possibly Cree) words iyamitaw (meaning "much") and achichki (meaning "mud"). Therefore Yamachiche could have the general meaning of "muddy river", which is a characteristic of this stream. In Abenaki, it was identified as Namasis (small fish) and Obamasis (small white fish). In 1653, the area was part of a fief granted to Pierre Boucher de Grosbois, Governor of Trois-Rivières, and in 1672, it was formally ceded to Grosbois. The Grosbois or Machiche Seignory was 1.5 leagues long by 2 leagues deep along the shores of Lac Saint-Pierre. But because of war with the Iroquois, it could not be colonized until the beginning of the 18th century. ... Read more