Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec

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Notre-Dame-du-Laus
Municipality
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Location within Antoine-Labelle RCM.
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Notre-Dame-du-Laus
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°05′N75°37′W / 46.083°N 75.617°W / 46.083; -75.617 Coordinates: 46°05′N75°37′W / 46.083°N 75.617°W / 46.083; -75.617 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Antoine-Labelle
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1876
Government
[2]
 • MayorPoste vacant
 •  Federal riding Laurentides—Labelle
 •  Prov. riding Labelle
Area
 • Total958.50 km2 (370.08 sq mi)
 • Land862.55 km2 (333.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
 • Total1,518
 • Density1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Decrease2.svg 2.9%
 • Dwellings
1,878
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
J0X 2M0
Area code(s) 819
HighwaysQc309.svg Route 309
Website www.notre-dame-
du-laus.ca

Notre-Dame-du-Laus is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.

Laurentides Administrative region in Quebec, Canada

The Laurentides is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of 20,744.29 km2 (8,009.42 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 555,614 inhabitants.

Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada

Antoine-Labelle is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle.

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The municipality is characterized by hilly forests with a great number of lakes, rivers, and creeks. Because of those nature gems, there are many cottages owned and built in the area. The eastern portion of its territory is part of the Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve. Consequently, the local economy is dependent on forestry as well as on the influx of tourists, fishermen and hunters. [4]

Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve

Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve is a reserve in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, stretching across the Laurentides and Outaouais regions.

History

Between 1820 and 1849, [4] the Hudson's Bay Company operated a trading post at the outlet of Sables Lake on the Du Lièvre River that controlled all the fur brigades from the upper Du Lièvre and Gatineau Rivers. [5]

Hudsons Bay Company Canadian retail business group

The Hudson's Bay Company is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada, the United States, and parts of Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. The company's namesake business division is Hudson's Bay, commonly referred to as The Bay. Other divisions include Galeria Kaufhof, Home Outfitters, Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. HBC's head office is currently located in Brampton, Ontario. The company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "HBC".

Du Lièvre River tributary of Ottawa river, flowing in Quebec, au Canada It flows in Ferme-Neuve, Mont-Laurier, Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Val-des-Bois, Bowman, Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette et sa voisine Val-des-Monts, LAnge-Gardien and Gatineau.

The Lièvre River is a river in western Quebec which flows south from the Mitchinamécus reservoir and empties into the Ottawa River at Masson-Angers. The river is 330 kilometres (210 mi) long and drains an area of 10,400 square kilometres (4,000 sq mi). The river's name comes from the French word for hare.

Fur brigade

Fur brigades were convoys of canoes and boats used to transport supplies, trading goods and furs in the North American fur trade industry. Much of it consisted of native fur trappers and fur traders who travelled between their home trading posts and a larger Hudson's Bay Company or Northwest Company post in order to supply the inland post with goods and supply the coastal post with furs.

In 1873, the Notre-Dame-du-Laus parish was founded, named after the apparitions of Our Lady of Laus. In 1876, the place was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Bigelow-Wells-Blake-et-McGill, and two years later the post office, which was named Notre-Dame-du-Laus, opened. [4]

Our Lady of Laus or Refuge of Sinners denotes Marian apparitions that took place between 1664 and 1718 in Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France, to Benoite Rencurel, a young shepherdess. They were approved by the Holy See on May 5, 2008.

In February 1946, the municipality was renamed to its current name. [4]

Demographics

Population trend: [6]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 791 (total dwellings: 1966)

Mother tongue:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Reference number 44882 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec ‹See Tfd› (in French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 79005 in the official Répertoire des municipalités ‹See Tfd› (in French)
  3. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Notre-Dame-du-Laus census profile
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Notre-Dame-du-Laus (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  5. ↑ Luc Coursol. "Municipalité, Les premiers occupants". Notre-Dame-du-Laus. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, [[Canada 2016 Census [2016]] census



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