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3 unusual facts about Gatineau


2011 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2011 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the sixth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by ten countries over June 13 – 18, 2011 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

No. 414 Squadron RCAF

The squadron was re-formed at Gatineau Airport, Quebec, on 20 January 2009 to operate the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet provided by Discovery Air Defence Services.

Simon Racine

Simon Racine was a Quebec politician and teacher in Gatineau, Quebec.


Alexandra Bridge

Also, on each end of the bridge are two major parks : Major's Hill Park (Ottawa) and Jacques Cartier Park (Gatineau) two major venues of the Canadian Tulip Festival and the Canada Day festivities.

Aurèle Desjardins

After being a school trustee at the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs, Desjardins entered politics in 1999 when he was elected to the former city of Gatineau's Council under then-mayor Robert Labine.

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Four locations are being considered: the western section of LeBreton Flats, on the Rockcliffe Parkway next to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (both in Ottawa), in Jacques Cartier Park on Rue Laurier, and a site on Rue Montcalm (both in the neighbouring city of Gatineau).

Cauldron Falls

The Chaudière Falls, in English "Cauldron Falls", a set of cascades and waterfall in the centre of the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Canada

Claudy Mailly

She was defeated by Liberal Mark Assad in the 1988 federal election, after the riding became Gatineau—La Lièvre.

Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull

It is located at the corner of Rue Laurier, Boulevard des Allumettières (formerly Boulevard Saint-Laurent) and the Alexandra Bridge in the Old Hull sector.

Denise Laferrière

During her first mandate, several areas including Boulevard Saint-Laurent (now called Boulevard des Allumettières) and Boulevard Maisonneuve were revitalized and newer housing projects have developed over the past years replacing older homes in poor condition.

École secondaire Louis-Joseph Papineau

It is located in the municipality of Papineauville in the Papineau (also called la Petite-Nation) region about 30 kilometres east of the eastern limits of the city of Gatineau along Route 148 and 60 kilometres from downtown Ottawa.

Fernand Mousseau

Mousseau died in Gatineau, on April 26, 2010 from Alzheimer's.

Frederic Erskine Bronson

Frederic Erskine Bronson, PC (December 4, 1886 – April 1953) was a leading Ottawa businessman and chairman of the Federal District Commission, forerunner of the National Capital Commission, a government body empowered with planning Canada's National Capital Region of Ottawa-Hull and Gatineau.

Gaétan Cousineau

He was the mayor of Gatineau from 1983 to 1988 and is now president of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (known in English as the Quebec Human Rights Commission).

Ganime

G-Anime, an anime convention held every year in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Gatineau Park

On December 3, 1913, Dominion Parks Commissioner James B. Harkin wrote to Deputy Minister of the Interior William Cory, arguing for the creation of a nation-wide system of parks, the first of which was to be Gatineau Park.

Gatineau River

While it has been said that the river's name comes from Nicolas Gatineau, a fur trader who is said to have drowned in the river in 1683, the local Indian tribe, the Algonquin Anicinabek, assert that the name comes from their language.

Government Conference Centre

Ottawa became part the transcontinental rail network on June 28, 1886, when Pacific Express connected it to Hull and then onto Lachute, Quebec.

Kelowna Rockets

Justin Keller scored the game-winning goal late in the third period as the host Kelowna Rockets won their first ever MasterCard Memorial Cup by defeating the QMJHL Champion Gatineau Olympiques.

Louise Poirier

In January 2007, Poirier and a group of 33 climbers from Gatineau climbed Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro with proceeds donated to an orphanage in Moshi a nearby village as well as the Centre de Sante de Gatineau.

Masson

Masson-Angers, a sector of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada,

Physella parkeri

The subspecies Physella parkeri latchfordi, also known as the "Gatineau tadpole snail", lives in Quebec, Canada.

Place du Portage

Place du Portage is a large office complex in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, situated along Boulevard Maisonneuve and facing the Ottawa River.

Quebec Autoroute 5

Autoroute 5 (or A-5, also called Autoroute de la Gatineau) is a short Autoroute in the Outaouais region of western Quebec.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Sherbrooke Castors moved to Maine, becoming the Lewiston Maineiacs; Montreal Rocket moved to Charlottetown and took the Prince Edward Island name, Hull Olympiques become Gatineau Olympiques.

Rapibus

It was in 2005 that the project started to evolve faster as Marc Bureau, defeated Yves Ducharme for mayor of Gatineau in the municipal elections.

On December 9, 2007, Gatineau Councillor Alain Riel told Le Droit that the Rapibus should be extended westward towards Aylmer along the Boulevard des Allumettières corridor until Boulevard Saint-Raymond citing concerns that residents living in nearby Le Plateau and newer communities in Aylmer near the new road will abandon public transit for car usage.

Students Coalition Against War

The Students Coalition Against War is a Canadian organization with members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Edmonton, Alberta, Victoria, British Columbia, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.

The Call of the Race

The story begins when Jules de Lantagnac, an Ottawa lawyer of French Quebec origin, visits his Gatineau priest after a pilgrimage to his native childhood village of Saint-Michel.


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