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Charles Wilson was a Canadian businessman and politician.
Fort Coulonge is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Coulonge River. It is the francophone centre of the otherwise largely (57%) anglophone Pontiac MRC, with 79.6% listing French as their mother tongue in the Canada 2006 Census.
Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. The first Europeans to pass through this area were Étienne Brûlé and Samuel de Champlain.
Robert "Bob" Bertrand was a Canadian politician. He was born in Fort-Coulonge, Quebec.
Edmund Heath was a Quebec lumber merchant and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Pontiac.
Quebec's Government House, known as Spencer Wood, was the viceregal residence of Quebec. It was built in 1854. Located at Bois-de-Coulonge Park in Sillery, it was purchased by the Quebec government in 1870, and served as the residence of Quebec lieutenant governors until 1966, when a major fire destroyed the main residence.
The Coulonge River is a predominantly wilderness river in western Quebec, Canada.
Pierre-Vincent Valin was a businessman and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Montmorency in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1878 to 1887. His name also appears as Pierre Valin.
Pierre Belleque or Pierre Billique was a French Canadian fur trader in the British-claimed Columbia District, which was also known as the Oregon Country and also claimed by the United States. He settled on the French Prairie in what is now the state of Oregon where in 1843 he participated in the Champoeg Meetings. Pierre was elected one of three Constables. He voted affirmative for the measure to form a provisional government at the May 2, 1843 meeting. That measure passed and led to the creation of the Provisional Government of Oregon.
Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais was a Canadian lawyer, professor, politician.
Edmond Louis Philippe Fortier was a Canadian politician.
Portage-du-Fort is a village municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the southwest corner of the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The village lies across the Ottawa River from Chenaux, Ontario and Horton, Ontario.
Cycloparc PPJ is a rail trail located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada.
The Coulonge Chutes is a non-profit recreation park and historical exhibition area operating in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality of western Quebec, Canada. Its main attraction is the 42 meters (138 ft) high Grandes Chutes waterfall of the Coulonge River and 100 meters (330 ft) long cement log slide.
John Bryson was a Quebec lumberman, farmer and political figure. He represented Pontiac in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1891 and from 1892 to 1896 as a Conservative Party of Canada member.
Thomas Bryson was a Quebec merchant and political figure. He represented Pontiac in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1882 as a Conservative member.
George Bryson was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in Quebec.
John Hugh Proudfoot was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a breeder and lumberman by career.
Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais was a medical doctor and politician in Quebec.
Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge is a covered bridge in the Township of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Quebec, Canada, that crosses the Coulonge River near Fort-Coulonge.
