Country Canada Settled 1889 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Province Québec | RCM Le Domaine-du-Roy Constituted March 16, 1906 Area 297.1 km² | |
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Region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | ||
La Doré (known as Notre-Dame-de-la-Doré before 1983) is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada, in the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy and the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
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It is located along the banks of the Sauger River (Rivière au Doré), between the Ashuapmushuan River and the Laurentian Mountains to the south, in the geographic township of Dufferin.
History
In 1882, the Mission of Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation-de-la-Doré was established. The village got its real start in 1889 when settlers from Saint-Méthode, Saint-Félicien, Saint-Prime, and Lambton settled there and founded the Colony of Rivière-au-Doré. In 1891, it was for a large part destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt due to the courage and determination of the pioneers. The next year the Rivière-au-Doré Post Office opened.
In 1904, the mission gained the status of parish, and two years later in 1906, it was incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Félicien-Partie-Nord-Ouest. In 1915, it changed its name to Notre-Dame-de-la-Doré, and in 1983, it was changed again to the abbreviated form La Doré, because of its widespread common use.
Demographics
Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 613 (total dwellings: 692)
Mother tongue:
Festivals
La Doré holds an annual truck festival, the Festival des camionneurs de La Doré, which took place for the first time in the summer of 1981. In 1991, the festival organizers decided to establish a snowmobile festival in January, the Rally des Loups de La Doré, which is now a snow-cross competition sanctioned by the SCM.
Sawmill
The municipality also includes one of the oldest water-powered sawmills still operating in Quebec. The Moulin des Pionniers, from circa 1904, is a major tourist attraction and historic site for the village and region.