Saint-Alban, Quebec

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Saint-Alban (Municipality)
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Sainte-Anne River, Saint-Alban Dam, [1] from François-Naud Bridge
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Location within Portneuf RCM
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Saint-Alban (Municipality)
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°43′05″N72°04′39″W / 46.71805°N 72.07761°W / 46.71805; -72.07761 [2]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Capitale-Nationale
RCM Portneuf
Settled1830
ConstitutedDecember 31, 1991
Government
[3]
 • MayorLynn Audet
 •  Federal riding Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
 •  Prov. riding Portneuf
Area
[3] [4]
 • Total
159.10 km2 (61.43 sq mi)
 • Land149.53 km2 (57.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [4]
 • Total
1,225
 • Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Increase2.svg 7.6%
 • Dwellings
764
Time zone UTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0A 3B0
Area codes 367, 418, 581
HighwaysQc354.svg R-354
Website st-alban.qc.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (in French)

Saint-Alban (Municipality) is crossed in its southern part by the Sainte-Anne River (Les Chenaux), in Portneuf RCM, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada. [2] [5]

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Toponymy

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Clair Lake, chemin du Lac Clair

In the territory of Saint-Alban, the presence of Long Lake (Saint-Alban), Caribou, Noir, Trout, Anguille lakes and part of Clair lake (Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne) are the delight of vacationers and fishermen. In addition, several secondary watercourses as well as the Noire River (Sainte-Anne River tributary) and Blanche River (Saint-Casimir) bypass or cross the dairy farms, fields and forest. [2] [7]

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Saint-Alban Convent, 1930

The first settlers, coming from Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Deschambault, Grondines, and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade, began clearing the area around 1830. In 1851, a mill was built that led to the development of the village. In 1856, the parish was founded, followed by the post office in 1857, and the parish municipality in 1860. Its official full name was Saint-Alban-d'Alton, and named after Saint Alban, the first martyr in Britain in the third century. Alton refers to its location in the geographic township of Alton, formed in 1841, and named after a town in Hampshire, England.

In January 1918, the village centre separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Saint-Alban. In 1991, the parish and village municipalities merged again to form the new Municipality of Saint-Alban. [2]

History

Commemorative plaque of the landslide of April 27 1894, rang de la Noire River rank of the Black River, Saint Alban 012.jpg
Commemorative plaque of the landslide of April 27 1894, rang de la Noire River rank of the Black River,

On 27 April 1894, Canada's largest known landslide occurred in Saint-Alban. [11] Displacing 185 million cubic metres (242 million cubic yards) of rock and dirt, it made a 40-metre (130 ft) deep mark that covered 4.6 million square metres (1,100 acres). [12]

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Noire River (Rivière Noire), Saint-Alban landslide 1894 [10] [7]

Demographics

Population trend: [13]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 552 (total dwellings: 764)

Mother tongue:

See also

Further reading

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References

  1. ↑ "Saint-Alban Dam, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 6 June 1973. Retrieved 13 November 2024. The structure, 26.5 m high and 416 m long, has a retention capacity of 1.2 million cubic meters of water.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Saint-Alban, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 24 April 1992. Retrieved 10 November 2024. Today, Saint-Alban has an economic vocation focused on the cultivation of the land and the exploitation of the forest.
  3. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Saint-Alban
  4. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Saint-Alban census profile
  5. ↑ "Saint-Alban, odonymy" (PDF) (in French). March 2019. pp. 1 of 4. Retrieved 10 November 2024. Downstream of the dam hydroelectric power station of Saint-Alban, a canyon formed by the Sainte-Anne River constitutes a remarkable natural phenomenon.
  6. ↑ "Clair Lake Road, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2024. Clair Lake Road runs along the shore of Clair Lake.
  7. 1 2 Bitzakidis, Stéfanos; S. Gagné; D. Genois; C. Paradis (April 2003). "Hydrological and multi-resource portrait of the Sainte-Anne River watershed" (PDF) (in French). CAPSA - Corporation d'aménagement et de protection de la Sainte-Anne. pp. 19 of 237. Retrieved 5 November 2024. The river became larger and shallower, and the enormous amount of soil carried away (equivalent to natural contributions over a period of 5,000 years) began to settle 4 km upstream from the mouth to the St. Lawrence River.
  8. ↑ "Inventory and Inspection of Structures". Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (in French). Government of Quebec. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  9. ↑ Courrier de Potrneuf (11 August 2015). "Saint-Alban inaugurates the Rang de la Rivière-Noire" (in French). Newspaper. Retrieved 13 November 2024. The road serves approximately 125 residences, including approximately 70 on Lac Clair. This is the main road to get there.
  10. 1 2 J. W. Laverdière, Abbé (1936). "Annual report of the Quebec Bureau of Mines" (PDF). Gouvernement of Quebec. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests. p. 33. Retrieved 3 November 2024. The country in the vicinity of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, and stretching east and west of the Sainte-Anne river, is a clay plain, well suited for agriculture.
  11. ↑ "History of Saint-Alban". Saint Alban (in French). City of Saint Alban. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Landslides". Get Prepared. Public Safety Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 censuses
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