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2 unusual facts about Circuit Trois-Rivières


Christophe Tinseau

In 1997 he raced in Indy Lights but only managed an 11th place championship finish, ending up on the podium once at Circuit Trois-Rivières.

Henri Karjalainen

He raced for Jensen MotorSport finishing 17th in overall standings with 10th position in Grand Prix de Trois-Rivière being his best individual finish.


2009 Palma Nova bombing

On October 11, Joanes Larretxea was arrested in Rivières, Gard along with top ETA member Iurgi Mendinueta Mintegi.

2010 Star Mazda Championship season

Five races will support the American Le Mans Series, and will also join the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at Trois-Rivières.

André Gabias

In the 2007 Quebec elections, Gabias lost the seat to the Action démocratique du Québec's Sébastien Proulx who had received the support of Trois-Rivières mayor Yves Lévesque during the campaign.

CHLN

CKOB-FM, a radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, which formerly held the call sign CHLN-FM

Cobden, Ontario

Cobden is the home town of Susie Laska, former professional hockey player for the NWHL; Lee Fraser, president of Canadians Abroad and Hollywood entertainment executive; Robert Wellington Mayhew, the first Canadian ambassador to Japan, and Brad Pender, Cobden's first professional baseball player with the Trois-Rivières Saints.

Djemila Benhabib

She was the Parti Québécois candidate for Trois-Rivières in the 2012 Quebec general election, but narrowly failed to defeat the sitting member, Danielle St-Amand.

François Craenhals

In the 1990s, Craenhals moved to Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the south of France, where he continued drawing his two series until his death in 2004 in Montpellier.

Gilbert Houngbo

Houngbo holds an advanced degree in business management from the University of Lomé in Togo, as well as a degree in accounting and finance from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Canada.

Gustave-Adolphe-Narcisse Turcotte

He was born in Trois-Rivières, Canada East in 1848, the son of Joseph-Édouard Turcotte and Flore Buteau, and was educated at the Jesuit-run Collège Saint-Marie in Montreal and the Séminaire Saint-Joseph in Trois-Rivières.

Guy Bacon

Bacon ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1970, and won against Union Nationale incumbent Gilles Gauthier.

Guy Leblanc

He also ran as a Liberal candidate in 1998 in the provincial district of Trois-Rivières against Parti Québécois incumbent Guy Julien.

Laviolette Bridge

The name honours the founder of Trois-Rivières, the Sieur de Laviolette.

Lordship of Champlain

On the territory of the future lordship de Champlain, the first attempt of colonization on land granted by August 16, 1643 at Champlain to Jacques Aubuchon of Trois-Rivières has not resulted mainly because of the remoteness and the Iroquois threat.

Louis-Philippe Normand

A practicing physician, he was also mayor of Trois-Rivières.

Luc-André Bouchard

On February 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bouchard Bishop of Trois-Rivières to succeed Bishop Martin Veillette, who reached the age of 75 and, by Canon Law, must submit his resignation to the Pope.

Marc Dos Santos

On November 5, 2008, Dos Santos stepped down as head coach of Trois-Rivières, and accepted an assistant coach position with the Montreal Impact under head coach John Limniatis.

Martin P. Blomberg

From 1912 to 1914, he worked in Trois-Rivières, Quebec in a paper mill, and studied technical drawing and mechanical construction in an evening school.

Mouvement national des Québécoises et des Québécois

In 1947, nine of Quebec's SSJB (those of Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City, Rimouski, Saint-Hyacinthe, Nicolet, Hull, Saint-Jean and Chicoutimi), formed the Fédération des Sociétés Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Québec during a congress in Sherbrooke.

Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau

Realizing that the bulk of the market for this aircraft was in North America, Stinnes set up a production facility in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada with financial help from the Government of Quebec.

Paul Philibert

He ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in 1981, but lost against PQ incumbent Denis Vaugeois.

Petitcodiac River Campaign

The Petitcodiac is situated between two smaller rivers – the Shepody River (off Shepody Bay) and the Memramcook river (the three bodies of water were often called "Trois-Rivières" by its inhabitants.) Weeks after the Expulsion began with the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755), the British forces raided villages at Chipoudy and Petitcodiac (Hillsborough, New Brunswick).

Pierre Vincent

Pierre H. Vincent, Canadian Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières, Québec, 1984–1993

Richard Béliveau

Richard Béliveau (born 1953 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec) is currently the director of the Molecular Medicine Laboratory and a researcher in the Department of Neurosurgery at Notre-Dame Hospital.

Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality

Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region.

The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality RCM into the single census division of Sept-Rivières—Caniapiscau.

Sylvie Tardif

In 2003 she won a by-election with 76% of the vote, without the blessing of Trois-Rivières Mayor Yves Lévesque.

Three Rivers Academy

The Three Rivers Academy is an English-language high school in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada.

Three Rivers High School

Three Rivers Academy, formerly Three Rivers High School, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

Trois-Rivières Royals

From 1954-1955 they were a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate known as the Trois-Rivières Phillies.

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

It is the first French-language university in North America to offer the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine DPM degree.

Waters W. Braman

Waters Whipple Braman (April 20, 1840 Troy, Rensselaer County, New York – December 8, 1893 Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada) was an American politician from New York.


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