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In the winter two hockey rinks and an ice skating oval are added. Another large, multi-use park is called Le Parc nature les Forestiers de Saint-Lazare (2800 Chemin Lotbinière, Saint-Lazare, QC J7T 3H9). It is a 4-season park, with an outdoor pool, trails for hiking, cross-country skiing, horse riding, and snowshoeing, and picnic areas. Other ...
A member of this family, Georges-Henri Brossard, had been mayor of the predecessor parish municipality of La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine since 1944 and became the first mayor of Brossard. Other names that were considered included Maisonneuve (which was also considered as a possible name for the Champlain Bridge ), La Vérendrye, Marquetteville, or ...
The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse. [2] Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central location. Other municipalities, such as Saint-Anselme, Sainte-Claire, and Saint-Damien had wanted to be the county seat because of their larger population.
Saint-Joachim Chapel. The history of Varennes [5] starts with the arrival of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières [6] in New France. René Gaultier, [7] sieur de Varennes, was given three concessions by intendant Jean Talon in 1672, le Tremblay, la Gabelle and Varennes. [8] Jaques-René, [9] one of his sons, was the second seigneur of Varennes ...
The entire south shore comprising the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and the Couronne-Sud totals 700,904 inhabitants. The Greater South Shore extends from Sorel-Tracy in the north to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield in the south, and as far as Saint-Hyacinthe in the east, including the agglomeration of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The Greater South ...
Sainte-Catherine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t katʁin] ⓘ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon.
The City of Saint-Philippe, officially constituted as a city in 2016, has origins that date back to the 17th century. Originally, Saint-Philippe was part of the territory of the Seigneurie de La Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine, which covered the current territory of the municipalities of La Prairie, Brossard, Candiac, Sainte-Catherine and Saint -Philippe, as well as part of the territory of the ...
Pierre Bertholon de Saint-Lazare (1741–1800), French physicist; See also. Autun Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun), Autun, France