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The name Rimouski most likely derived from a Micmac word meaning "land of the moose". [6] The city was founded by Sir René Lepage de Ste-Claire in 1696. Originally from Ouanne in the Burgundy region, he exchanged property he owned on the Île d'Orléans with Augustin Rouer de la Cardonnière for the Seigneurie of Rimouski, which extended along the St. Lawrence River from the Hâtée River at ...
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. [4] [5] Prior to January 31, 1998 it was known simply as Saint-Gabriel . The name pays homage to Father Gabriel Nadeau (1808-1869), first priest of the parish and parish priest of Sainte-Luce (1842-1869).
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence), is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed "Bas-du-Fleuve" (Lower-River). The region is formed by eight regional ...
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.
Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire (April 10, 1656 in Ouanne, Burgundy – August 4, 1718 in Rimouski, Quebec) is the lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Origin [ edit ] Born close to Auxerre in Burgundy , René Lepage immigrated to New France , with his mother Reine Loury and his aunt Constance Lepage, between 1670 and 1674.
The Université du Québec à Rimouski (commonly referred to as UQAR) is a public university located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada with a campus in Lévis . Since its establishment in 1969, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) has granted over 50,000 diplomas. In addition to its Lévis and Rimouski campuses, UQAR offers academic training ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski had a population of 1,084 living in 495 of its 667 total private dwellings, a change of 12.8% from its 2016 population of 961. With a land area of 162.4 km 2 (62.7 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.7/km 2 (17.3/sq mi) in 2021. [4]
The Cégep de Rimouski is a post-secondary education institution (cégep: College of General and Professional Education) located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. History [ edit ] The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of CEGEPs was created.