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The villa is 60 meters long, it has 3800 m 2 including 1840 m 2 habitables and 830 m 2 of terraces and a garden of 17600 m 2 (originally 5 ha). The Villa Cavrois is a testimony to the modernist vision of the 1920s as it was conceived by designers such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Chareau and the Bauhaus school. Luminosity, hygiene and comfort are ...
"Gens du pays" is a Quebecois song that has been called the unofficial national anthem of Quebec. [1] Written by poet and singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault, and with music co-written by Gaston Rochon, it was first performed by Vigneault on June 24, 1975 during a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal at that year's Fête nationale du Québec ceremony.
The site comprises some 7 properties, mostly on the northern side of Marie-Victorin Road (French: Route Marie-Victorin; Quebec Route 132), with one on the merging Pioneers Street (French: rue des Pionniers), and is located west of the original village core of Saint-Nicolas (Saint-Nicolas was merged to Lévis in 2002).
The mill had two doors, to provide an exit regardless of which ways the sails faced. The walls are four French feet (1m32) thick at the base. The interior is 12 French feet in diameter by 24 high. [2] The mill originally contained elevated platforms beneath gun slits for defence. The surrounding shoreline was fenced with pointed wooden stakes.
The mill was reopened and from 1947 to 1952 was used to grind animal feed. [3] After being abandoned the mill was neglected and vandalized until a group of citizens managed to obtain subsidies from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Quebec. [3] The Moulin du Portage was listed as a heritage building (Immeuble patrimonial) on 30 September 1964. [1]
Beaubassin was an important Acadian village and trading centre on the Isthmus of Chignecto in what is now Nova Scotia, CanadaThe area was a significant place in the geopolitical struggle between the British and French empires.
Livingston recruited men from Chambly, Quebec as early as September 1775, [5] but a formal regimental designation was made by Richard Montgomery on November 20, 1775, with recognition by the Second Continental Congress following on January 8, 1776. The regiment, which never approached its authorized size of 1,000 men, saw action primarily in ...
On February 16, 1935, the place separated from the Parish Municipalities of Saint-Etienne de Murray-Bay and Sainte-Agnès [5] (currently both part of La Malbaie) and was incorporated as a municipality, officially adopting the name Clermont for the new municipality. [1] [4] In 1949, Clermont changed its status to village and in 1967 to town. [1]