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4 unusual facts about Lévis


Castelnau-de-Lévis

The village at the base of the château is the site of a motocross championship, the Championnats du Monde MX3 et d’Europe 125 de Motocross. The track is also scheduled to host the French 2009 Sidecarcross world championship Grand Prix on 29 March 2009, however, this will still have to be confirmed by the FIM.

Lurcy-Lévis

Within Lurcy-Lévis, there is a small ATAC supermarket, a tourist information centre and a few specialist shops.

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lévis, Quebec, a former municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec which now forms part of the city of Lévis

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lévis, Quebec, a former city in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, since 2002 a district within Les-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of Lévis, Quebec


Albert J. Levis

He and his wife, Georgette Wasserstein Levis, are the innkeepers of the Wilburton Inn, also in Manchester.

Canterbury, New Brunswick

The large contingent of British troops debarked passenger trains at the station and were then driven by horse drawn sleigh up the Saint John River and then across to the St Lawrence to Levis (opposite Quebec City) where they re-boarded passenger trains operated by the Grand Trunk Railway.

Cherry Monroe

The band formed in 2004 with Matt Toka (lead), Jason Levis (drums), David Saltman (bass), and Ryan Harris (guitar).

Counts of Castres

1370-1300 : John of Montfort († 1300), Lord of Castres, Count of Squillace, son of Philip II of Montfort and Jeanne de Levis-Mirepoix.

Desjardins

The former Desjardins Regional County Municipality of Quebec, which became the Desjardins borough of the city of Lévis, Quebec

Dineo Ranaka

Due to her shows success she won the favor of clients such as Love Life, Sanlam, Samsung, Motorola, Vodacom, Cadbury and Levis, just to name a few, requesting that she specifically run and drive their on-air campaigns.

Étienne-Théodore Pâquet

He dabbled into various commercial ventures: aforementioned wood commerce, the Lévis and Kennebec Railway (auctioned off in 1881 to the Quebec Central Railway) and the Quebec Mining Co. amongst others.

Frédéric Michalak

He has appeared in advertisements for companies such as Nike and Levis.

Gaston Pierre de Lévis

Gaston Pierre de Lévis, known as the duc de Lévis-Mirepoix (Charles Pierre Gaston François; 1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and ambassador of Louis XV, was a member of a house that had been established in Languedoc as seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.

George Couture

Born in Saint-Joseph (now in Lauzon), Lower Canada, Couture was elected to the Lévis municipal council in 1865.

Hiroshi Fujiwara

He is known as the godfather of Harajuku culture and is a globally influential streetwear designer, including being the pioneer for Nike's "HTM" line, and the "Fenom" line for Levis.

Jean de Montfort

Jean de Montfort-Castres (died c. 1300), count of Squillace (kingdom of Naples), son of Philippe II de Montfort, lord of Castres, and of Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix

Jez Smith

He is also known for editorial and advertising clients such as Levis, Virgin Atlantic, George Jensen, Collette Dinnigan, Carla Zampatti, Alannah Hill, Oroton and Tiger Lily.

John Hall Kelly

Born in Saint-Godefroy, Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Kelly was educated at the Collège de Lévis, the University of St. Joseph's College, and at the Université Laval.

Jules de Rohan

Jules, Prince of Soubise (1697–1724), son of Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohan and Anne Geneviève de Lévis

Quebec Route 173

Its southern terminus is at the Armstrong-Jackman Border Crossing in Saint-Théophile in the hamlet of Armstrong, at the border with Maine (U.S. Route 201 / Maine SR 6), and its northern terminus is in Lévis at the junction of Route 132.

Ricky Kej

His expertise in this field allowed him to work with a variety of companies like Essilor, Microsoft, Levis, Air India, and Blaupunkt.

Saint-Henri, Quebec

Saint-Henri, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, a municipality of Quebec in the vicinity of Lévis

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome Aerodrome, an airport in the Canadian community of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome (in Lévis, Quebec)

Sclerocephalus

The famous American vertebrate paleontologist Alfred Romer recognized in 1939 that the fossil amphibians described as Leptorophus levis are the larvae of Sclerocephalus.

Toronto International Teen Movie Festival

ITMF past sponsors included Levis, Grand and Toy, Guess, The Gulf Islands Film & Television School, Indie Access.ca, MTV Canada (now called Razer), MuchMusic, Toronto Star, Trebas Institute, Warner Brothers Pictures.

Wilburton Inn

Albert J. Levis and Georgette Wasserstein Levis purchased the Inn in 1987 from RKO General Tire.


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