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Lake Saint Francis (French: lac Saint-François, pronounced [lak sɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa]) is a lake which borders southeastern Ontario, southwestern Quebec and northern New York State. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The lake forms part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The city of Salaberry-de ...
The rivière aux Bluets (in English: Blueberries River) is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.The course of the "Rivière aux Bluets" crosses the territory of the municipalities of Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset, Courcelles-Saint-Évariste and Lambton, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of ...
Frontenac National Park (French: Parc national de Frontenac) is a 156.5 km 2 provincial park in southeastern Quebec, Canada, [1] created in 1987 and governed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec. The park is located along Lac Saint-François roughly halfway between Quebec City and Sherbrooke. The nearest city is Thetford Mines.
Lac Mégantic is home to a junior college, Centre d’études collégiales de Lac-Mégantic, which is affiliated with the Cégep Beauce-Appalaches. The college offers both technical and pre-university training programs including an astrophysics program, which is the only one of its kind in Quebec. It also has a vocational training centre, the ...
The place was mentioned in 1687 by Marquis de Denonville.His record stated that "Costeau du Lac is a place where one stopped on the way to the Rapides d'en Haut", referring to a small hillside (French: coteau) on the north side of the St. Lawrence River near the mouth of Lake Saint Francis (French: lac Saint-François).
Petit lac Saint-François is located 1.5 km northwest of Grand lac Saint-François. Following the request of the riparian municipalities and in order to avoid confusion with other hydronyms using the name “Lac Saint-François”, on May 10, 2007, the name “Grand lac Saint-François” was changed. formalized by the Commission de toponymie ...
Saint-François-du-Lac was founded as a French Jesuit mission village for converted Abenaki and other native peoples during the colonial years. The community was called St.-Francois-de-Sales, after a French saint, or Odanak, the Abenaki name. Indians in the community included Abenaki and refugees from other tribes and the wars with English ...
Caniapiscau Reservoir Robert-Bourassa Reservoir Manicouagan Reservoir Meech Lake from Blanchet beach by south-west coast Lac des Nations Clearwater Lakes (Lac a l'Eau-Claire) Île aux Tourtes Bridge across Lake of Two Mountains, with Mont Oka in the background Pingualuit crater lake Looking south over Lake Timiskaming from Fort Témiscamingue near Ville-Marie, Quebec.