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Champlain, Quebec

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Country
  
Canada

Time zone
  
EST (UTC−5)

Highways A-40
  
Route 138 Route 359

Province
  
Québec

Local time
  
Thursday 12:04 PM

Constituted
  
December 11, 1982

Postal code(s)
  
G0X 1C0

Area
  
78.7 km²

Population
  
1,664 (2011)

Area code
  
819

Champlain, Quebec

Website
  
www.municipalite. champlain.qc.ca

Weather
  
-7°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 75% Humidity

RCMs
  
Mauricie, Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality

Champlain is a municipality, located in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality and the administrative region the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located on the north shore of St. Lawrence River, Champlain is also part of the metropolitan area of Trois-Rivières.

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Map of Champlain, QC, Canada

Champlain is part of "The Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec Association".

Toponymy

In 1632, Samuel de Champlain, founder of the New France, gave his name to the Champlain River. Champlain's name was then given to the lordship by the Lord Étienne Pézard de la Touche, then to the parish, to the Quebec County (1829), to the municipality (1845) and to the Federal County (1867).

The lease of the lordship, April 8, 1664, does not give a name to the manor granted to Étienne Pézard de la Touche. The act refers only to the amount of land granted extends "from the Champlain River in the amount of said river to said Trois-Rivières". From 1668, the documents relating to the residents of Champlain mention they live in "La Touche-Champlain" or simply "Champlain" from 1669. In 1684, the place is well known as Champlain Bishop of Laval, finally giving the official titles of the parish for twenty years after its foundation, writes: "the place commonly called Champlain". As for the Lord, it was called La Touche-Champlain already in 1680 or "Pézard Champlain" already in 1693 or Pézard Latouche-Champlain already in 1702.

The Commission de toponymie du Québec reports have noted a "popular version" wanting that Samuel de Champlain has given its name because, "amazed by the beauty of the place, [he] would have exclaimed: "What a beautiful field", from the Latin campus planus, flat field." Although friendly, this version is confirmed by any written source up to now...

History

The territory of the Champlain municipality lies on the "fief Marsolet" (Marsolet stronghold) and "fief de l’Arbre-à-la-Croix" (stronghold of the tree to the Cross), both granted on April 5, 1644, and the lordship of Champlain, conceded on August 8, 1664.

The first occupants of Champlain settled in 1664 or 1665. There have been a first attempt to land granted August 16, 1643, but the distance and the Iroquois threat discouraged initiators. In 1664 or 1665, the first settlers to establish on the side of the lordship of Champlain. The following year (1666) will begin on concessions stronghold Hertel and in 1667 the fief Marsolet. Some of the first families come from Trois-Rivières, in the case of those of Antoine Desrosiers, François Chorel and Pierre Dandonneau 7.

  • 5: Concession Marsolet stronghold and stronghold of the "fief de l’Arbre-à-la-Croix" (tree to the Cross).
  • 8 Grant of the manor of Champlain. This date is considered the founding of the town of Champlain, the eighth oldest town of New France.
  • 1664: Construction of Fort La Touche-Champlain.
  • Years 1830-1850: Emergence of the present village in the center of the town. In 1860, there are 20 locations in the village. In 1933, there were 150.
  • 1855 Constitution of the parish municipality of La Visitation de Champlain in the first municipal boundaries of Quebec.
  • 1879: Construction of the present church
  • 1882: Construction of the present monastery
  • 1886: The streets Sainte-Anne and Saint-Joseph are authenticated by the municipal council.
  • 1917: The parish municipality of La Visitation de Champlain stands La Visitation-de-Champlain.
  • 11: Fusion of La Visitation de Champlain and Champlain to create the municipality Champlain. The municipality of the parish was established in 1845 and that of the village in 1917.
  • 10: Pope John Paul II, we train on the territory of the municipality of Champlain, en route from Quebec City to Trois-Rivières.
  • 7: The council passed a resolution formalizing the gentile Champlainois-C

    • hamplainoise to designate the inhabitants of Champlain.

  • 13: Discovery of the first asteroid from the Astronomical Observatory Champlain. He wears the number 157329 and was provisionally named 2004 TM16.
  • 24: Discovery of a second asteroid from the Astronomical Observatory Champlain. He wears the number 161815 and the temporary name of 2006 WK30.

    • Originally, the city was part of the County of Champlain, then in 1982 it was incorporated into the regional county municipality (RCM) Francheville. The MRC is abolished in 2002 and Champlain joined the MRC Chenaux.

    Demographics

    Population trend:

  • Population in 2011: 1664 (2006 to 2011 population change: 6.3%)
  • Population in 2006: 1566
  • Population in 2001: 1623
  • Population in 1996: 1608
  • Population in 1991: 1610

    • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 766 (total dwellings: 861)

    Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0.7%
  • French as first language: 97.9%
  • English and French as first language: 0.7%
  • Other as first language: 0.7%

    • References

    Champlain, Quebec Wikipedia
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