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unusual facts about province of Quebec



Ohio Country

On June 22, 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act; it annexed the region to the province of Quebec.

René Lévesque Boulevard

From the time of its formal naming in 1844, the street was known as "Dorchester Boulevard" in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808), Governor of the Province of Quebec and Governor General of Canada.

Rivière-à-la-Lime

The Rivière à la lime flows in the municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada.


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1906 Birthday Honours

The Honourable Adélard Turgeon, Minister of Lands and Forests of the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada.

Canada Clause

A clause in the Charlottetown Accord that would have recognized the province of Quebec as a distinct society within Canada, aboriginal rights, sex equality and other principles; or

Cimo

CIMO-FM, a French-language radio station located in the Canadian province of Quebec

David Varty

Varty is author of the book, Who Gets Ungava?, analyzing the legal and constitutional issues (particularly the potential partition of the northern "Ungava" region of Quebec), relating to the potential secession of the province of Quebec from Canada.

Décarie

Jérémie-Louis Décarie (1870–1927), Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec

Édouard Montpetit

Called to the bar in 1904, Montpetit worked as a lawyer and taught political economy before he obtained a scholarship in 1907, which made him the first holder of such a scholarship to be officially sent by the province of Quebec to Paris.

Federation autonome du collegial

The Federation autonome du collegial (FAC) is a teachers union in the Canadian province of Quebec, representing teachers at a number of the province's CEGEPs.

France Antarctique

However, the French crown failed to make good use of Villegaignon's exploits to expand the reach of the French kingdom into the New World, as was being done at the time with the claims of Jacques Cartier in the present-day province of Quebec, Canada.

George Buchanan Foster

In addition to his legal career, he served as president of the Children's Memorial Hospital of Montreal and was a member of the Protestant Board of Education for the province of Quebec.

J. Lincoln Newhall

Born in Hunterstown (later changed to Louise), Province of Quebec, Canada, Newhall moved to Covington, Kentucky, with his parents in 1874.

Joseph-Émile Brunet

He was granted commissions for granite sculptures of key figures in the province of Quebec's history at the Parliament Building (Quebec): “François de Laval”, “Marguerite Bourgeoys”, “Jean-Jacques Olier” and “Marie de l’Incarnation” completing the façade by 1965.

L'Église réformée du Québec

L'Église Réformée du Québec, or "Reformed Church of Quebec", is a small conservative French-speaking Reformed Christian denomination located primarily within the Canadian province of Quebec.

Lussier

René Lussier, a musician based in the province of Québec, Canada

Maritime Electric

On November 13, 2009, it was announced that the PEI government is in discussion with the province of Quebec in regards to providing electric power between the two provinces, which could lead to a long-term supply contract with Hydro-Québec, the construction of a submarine transmission line linking PEI and the Magdalen Islands, and, pending Fortis' involvement, the sale of Maritime Electric to Hydro-Québec.

Michel Pigeon

Michel Pigeon (born 1945) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Charlesbourg in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election.

New York State Route 189

Past the station, the highway continues north into the Canadian province of Quebec as Route 209.

Ognian Gueorguiev

Gueorguiev began competing in Counter-Strike (CS) from around the age of 15 when he would attend Local Area Network (LAN) parties in his home province of Quebec.

Parti rouge

The Parti rouge (alternatively known as the Parti démocratique) was formed in the Province of Quebec, around 1847 by radical French-Canadians inspired by the ideas of Louis-Joseph Papineau, the Institut canadien de Montréal, and the reformist movement led by the Parti patriote of the 1830s.

Place Fleur de Lys

It is in fact the first ever Sears store in the province of Quebec and, back in 1963, it had opened under the name Simpsons-Sears.

Place Sainte-Foy

The Simons store has been in the mall since 1961, making it one of the longest dating anchor stores in the province of Quebec.

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire

Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire (April 10, 1656, Ouanne, Burgundy - August 4, 1718, Rimouski, Quebec) is the lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, province of Quebec, in Canada.

Rivière à Veillet

The Rivière à Veillet (formerly referred to as "Veillette river" or Veillet river) is located in the municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, in the Regional County Municipality of "Les Chenaux", in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Étienne-des-Grès

Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec, a community in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada

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

Simon Dupuis

Dupuis has competed in many World Curling Tour events in his career, mostly events in his home province of Quebec or in Eastern Ontario.

Student orientation

In the province of Quebec, because of the CEGEP system, "froshies" are of legal drinking age and Frosh activities may include the option to drink alcohol.