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Annual. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ( French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec ), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec. [1] [2] It was brought to Canada by French settlers celebrating the traditional feast day of the Nativity ...
Function. 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.
La Redoute was founded in 1837 when Joseph Pollet, son of a rural family, moved to the capital of the French wool region, Roubaix. There he opened the first worsted spinning operation, inventing a number of processes. His son, Charles, took up the torch and, in 1873, built a factory on a plot at rue de Blanchemaille and rue de La Redoute.
Location in southern Quebec. / 46.000°N 72.350°W / 46.000; -72.350. Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil is a parish municipality located in the Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 885. The municipality completely encircles the village that is also called ...
Date. 1879. Approval. Pope Pius X ( Canonical coronation) Shrine. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cape. Our Lady of the Cape (Notre-Dame-du-Cap in French) is a title given to Mary the Mother of God in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec Canada. The title refers specifically to a statue of the Blessed Mother which is currently located in the Old Shrine.
Gens du pays. " Gens du pays " has been called the unofficial national anthem of Quebec. [1] Written by poet and singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault (with music co-written by Gaston Rochon ), it was first performed by Vigneault on June 24, 1975 during a concert on Montreal 's Mount Royal at that year's Fête nationale du Québec ceremony.
La Rédemption is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada. History [ edit ] Before the founding of the municipality of La Rédemption, part of its bordering region was inhabited, a very long time ago, by a group of natives whose certain signs seem to indicate their presence near the current Chemin du Portage and of rang 8, at the mouth of the ...
Designated. 15 May 1946. The Citadelle of Quebec ( French: Citadelle de Québec ), also known as La Citadelle, is an active military installation and the secondary official residence of both the governor general of Canada and the Canadian monarch. [2] [3] It is located atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec.