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unusual facts about Lac de Sainte-Croix



1/7 Escadron de Chasse Provence

1/7 Provence fighter squadron originated as 1/7 fighter group Dijon in 1932 which itself traces its origin back to two World War I wings: SPA 15 (Casque de Bayard) and SPA 77 (Croix de Jérusalem).

Abraham Kuhn

During the Franco-Prussian War he served with the Croix-Rouge (French Red Cross) on the battlefields of Wissembourg and Wörth.

Alexis-Armand Charost

He was ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1883, and then taught at the School of Sainte-Croix until 1892.

Ambroise-Marie Carré

Born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France, Carré studied at l’école Saint-Joseph and the collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly before entering the Dominican order in 1926 and being ordained a priest in 1933.

Beeston Hill

Beeston Hill, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands

BioWall

Its construction has been sponsored by Jacqueline Reuge, owner of the Villa Reuge Museum in Sainte-Croix (VD).

Bushrod W. Lott

As one of the early pioneers of Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1848, Bushrod W. Lott, accompanied Gen. Samuel Leech, who had been appointed Receiver of United States Land Office, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, where Bushrod W. Lott served as Clerk.

Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix

Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix de Castries, marquis de Castries, baron des États de Languedoc, comte de Charlus, baron de Castelnau et de Montjouvent, seigneur de Puylaurens et de Lézignan (25 February 1727, Paris - 11 January 1801, Wolfenbüttel) was a French marshal.

Chebogue, Nova Scotia

That would make Chebogue the third oldest European settlement in Canada after Sainte-Croix in 1604 and Port Royal, Nova Scotia in 1605.

Croix-Rouge

The bus stop at the same location retained this name until December 31, 2005, when it was renamed Michel-Debré, after Michel Debré, the prime minister of the Fifth Republic and co-author of the Constitution of France.

Crucian

The form of Virgin Islands Creole, an English-based West Indian dialect, spoken on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Danbury, Wisconsin

St. Croix Chippewa Indians Band from the Lake Superior Chippewa holds it annual St. Croix Wild Rice Pow-wow hosting drums and singers from all over North America.

Edwin Moon

As well as the DSO, Moon was awarded the Royal Humane Society's silver medal for his attempts to save Bridgeman's life and The Legion of Honour – Croix de Chevalier.

Étienne de la Croix

Priolkar, A.K. "French Author of a Marathi Purana, Fr Etienne de la Croix." Journal of the University of Bombay n.s. 29/2 (1959) 122-149.

French Rite

Fourth order (7th degree) : Sovereign Rose-Cross Prince, Perfect Free Mason, Grand Commander of the Temple

Hôpital Saint Joseph des Soeurs de la Croix

Hôpital Saint Joseph des Soeurs de la Croix or the Hospital of Saint Joseph of the Sisters of the Holy Cross is a private, non-profit medical institution in Dora, Lebanon.

J. Edwin Ganong

In 1913, Edwin Ganong sold the St. Croix Soap Manufacturing Company to Lever Brothers of Toronto, Ontario, a subsidiary of the British conglomerate.

Jean de Wavrin

He was illegitimate, the son of Robert de Waurin, Lord of Wavrin, which is now (just) in France on the Belgian border, and Michielle de Croix.

John Gorka

As of 2005, he was residing in the St. Croix Valley area near Saint Paul, Minnesota.

La Croix-Valmer

The Emperor Constantine the Great, on the way to wage war against his brother-in-law Maxentius in 312 AD, is said to have had a vision of a cross in the sky stating "in hoc signo vinces" (by this sign you will conquer) at the location where La Croix-Valmer is now situated.

Leila Arcieri

Such work eventually brought her to the attention of writer-producer Timothy Stack, who cast her in the role of Jamaica St. Croix in his new series, Son of the Beach, a parody of Baywatch.

Les Sept Paroles du Christ sur la Croix

With Gounod Les sept paroles de N.S. Jesus-Christ sur la croix Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz.

New Brunswick Southern Railway

The tracks between Saint John and St. Croix were built as part of the European and North American Railway's "Western Extension" which was part of a project that connected Saint John, New Brunswick with Bangor, Maine, opening in 1869.

Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix

As Italian troops of the Forli Division advanced into France on 20 June, they were bombarded by Roche-la-Croix's 75mm gun turret, supported by fire from Saint Ours Haut, stopping the advance.

:See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.

Additional fire was directed to support the defense of Ouvrage Plate Lombard.

The Abri du Ancien Camp as well as the observation posts La Duyère and Les Calanches were associated with Roche-la-Croix.

Ouvrage Saint Ours Haut, a gros ouvrage on the opposite side of the Ubayette valley

Paul Jaccard

Paul Jaccard (18 November 1868 in Sainte-Croix - 9 May 1944 in Zurich) was a professor of botany and plant physiology at the ETH Zurich.

Red Bull Ghana

Red Bull Ghana U17's lost 2-3 on penalties in the final of the International Tournament in Croix, France.

Richard Jenrette

Since the 1960s, Jenrette has bought and restored a series of significant historic American homes including Robert William Roper House in Charleston, SC; Millford Plantation in South Carolina; Ayr Mount in North Carolina; Estate Cane Garden on St. Croix; the George F. Baker House in New York City; and Edgewater, in Barrytown, New York.

Rocher Rond

Rocher Rond lies in the foothills of the Alps, straddling the communes of Lus-la-Croix-Haute (in the department of Drôme) and Agnières-en-Dévoluy (in the department of Hautes-Alpes).

Rose-Croix

Scottish Rite, a Masonic Rite known as Rose Croix in England and Wales

Rosy Cross, a Rosicrucian symbol found in some Masonic Christian bodies and para-Masonic groups

Rouvray-Saint-Denis

It has long been thought that it was the site of the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, when Sir John Fastolf beat off an attack on an English convoy taking supplies to the siege of Orleans; but in his biography of Fastolf, The Real Falstaff, Stephen Cooper argues that the battle is more likely to have taken place at Rouvray-Sainte-Croix.

Rue de Créqui

Among the famous monuments, there is the Bourse du Travail and several religious buildings, mostly constructed in the 19th century (Église de la Rédemption, Église Saint-Pothin, Anglican church, memorial of the Lyon martyrs, Chapelle Sainte-Croix, Église Saint Louis).

Saint Croix-Vanceboro Railway Bridge

The first railway bridge over the St. Croix River at this location was opened in October 1871 by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Governor General of Canada Lord Lisgar on the completion of the European and North American Railway (E&NA) between Bangor, Maine and Saint John, New Brunswick.

Salon de la Rose + Croix

The Salon de la Rose + Croix was a series of six art and music salons hosted by Joséphin Péladan in 1890s Paris.

St. Croix Boom Site

Its location at the head of Lake St. Croix, the broad, slow area of the river that stretches from Stillwater to Prescott, Wisconsin, where the St. Croix joins the Mississippi River, is undeveloped and features many islands and tall sandstone bluffs on either side of the river.

St. Croix Wetland Management District

The St. Croix Wetland Management District is adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area of two million people.

St. Sukie de la Croix

It wasn't until the early 1980s that de la Croix switched his attention and began writing for a number of Britain's LGBT publications: Gay Times, Vada, Capital Gay, and the Pink Paper.

Steven St. Croix

Shortly thereafter he generated notable media attention when Vivid president Steven Hirsch took out a one million dollar insurance policy on St. Croix's genitalia, citing concerns for a potential motorcycle injury as the cause.

Teodoro de Croix

Teodoro de Croix (June 20, 1730, Prévoté Castle, near Lille, France – 1792, Madrid) was a Spanish soldier and colonial official in New Spain and Peru.

The Five Crosses

The Five Crosses (or commonly known as Les Cinq Croix) is a Christian monument of Calvary at Ploubezere, near Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord, in Brittany, France.

The Latymer School

The school has strong links with other schools across the world with regular exchanges to Institution de la Sainte-Croix, Tours, France; Heisenberg Gymnasium, Gladbeck, Germany; and School 316 in St Petersburg, Russia.

Théâtre de Rosimond

Built in 1766, it was a wooden building, standing on the other side of Place Neuve, at the corner of the Parc des Bastions and the present-day Rue de la Croix-Rouge, for the entertainment of peacekeeping garrisons from France, Bern and Zurich, stationed in Geneva.

Theodor Reuss

Although not a member of a regular Masonic order, he had founded two occult fraternities: the Martinist group, l'Ordre des Supérieurs Inconnus and the Rosicrucian Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix.

Verdon Gorge

Between Castellane and the Pont du Galetas, the river passes through the lac de Sainte-Croix, created by construction of a dam of the same name.


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