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Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies.
The seventeen administrative regions of Quebec. There are 17 administrative regions of Quebec. [9] They have no government, but serve to organize the provision of provincial services. They are: 01 Bas-Saint-Laurent; 02 Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean; 03 Capitale-Nationale; 04 Mauricie; 05 Estrie; 06 Montréal; 07 Outaouais; 08 Abitibi-Témiscamingue ...
The Gouffre du Joker (2,332 m (7,651 ft)) was connected to the network in 1999, increasing its depth to −1,616 m (−5,302 ft). The terminal sump was dived in 2003, increasing the depth to its current −1,733 m (−5,686 ft), making it the deepest natural cave in the world from January 2003 until July 2004, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] when it was passed by ...
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-Valleyfield is located at the east end of the lake. Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area, located on the south shore of the lake, protects wetlands located on the shores of the lake.
Lake Saint Pierre (French: Lac Saint-Pierre, pronounced [lak sɛ̃ pjɛʁ]; Western Abnaki: Nebesek) is a lake in Quebec, Canada, a widening of the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel-Tracy and Trois-Rivières. It is located downstream, and northeast, of Montreal; and upstream, and southwest, of Quebec City.
The Tawachiche West River is in the Municipality of Lac-aux-Sables. Its mouth is 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) north of the village of Hervey-Jonction), in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Flowing mostly in the Marmier (township), its watershed is part of the Batiscanie, in the area of the MRC Mékinac.
The area opened up to colonization in 1863, and the Mission of Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon was founded in 1876. But it was not until 1896 that real settlement began with the arrival of a group of Acadians from the Magdalen Islands. The following year the Lac-au-Saumon post office opened. [1] [4]
Nominingue (French pronunciation: [nɔminɛ̃ɡ]) is a small village and municipality located 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Mountains. It was formerly called Lac-Nominingue, but changed name on September 16, 2000.