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Montreal [16] Bout-de-l’Isle: Municipality March 28, 1964: Annexed: 1,666: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue [1] Cartierville: Town December 22, 1916: Annexed: 905: Montreal [17] Côte-de-Liesse: Parish: La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge (1895–1954) April 1, 1958: Dissolved: 165: Dorval, Lachine (Now part of Montréal) and Saint-Laurent (Now part ...
Saguenay (/ ˈ s æ ɡ ə n eɪ, ˌ s æ ɡ ə ˈ n eɪ / SAG-ə-nay, - NAY, French:, locally) is a city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Quebec City by overland route.
The Saguenay flood (French: Déluge du Saguenay) was a series of flash floods on July 19 and 20, 1996 that hit the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It was the biggest overland flood in 20th-century Canadian history .
It was one the most devastating natural disasters in Canadian history. In July 1996, torrential rainfall hit the region and the water continued to flow through lakes, rivers and streams until it ...
The population of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region was 275,552 at the Canada 2021 Census, representing 3.2% of Quebec's population.It is concentrated primarily in three clusters: the city of Saguenay (pop. 144,723), the city of Alma (pop. 30,331) and the agglomeration of Roberval (pop. 9,840), Saint-Félicien (pop. 10,089) and Dolbeau-Mistassini (pop. 13,718). [5]
Map of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec. Saguenay, Quebec is divided into three boroughs (French: arrondissements). Chicoutimi; Jonquière; La Baie; These were former cities which ceased to exist on February 18, 2002, when they were amalgamated into the expanded city of Saguenay.
Through various municipal amalgamations, both the landslide site and Arvida are now within the municipal boundaries of Saguenay. Subsequent research into the slide revealed that Saint-Jean-Vianney was in fact built directly atop the site of another landslide approximately 500 years earlier, long before any settlement had ever taken place in the ...
Chicoutimi (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ k uː t ɪ m i / shih-KOO-tim-ee, French:) is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and commercial centre of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.