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Important towns near Saint-Léon-le-Grand are Amqui at 12 km and Lac-au-Saumon at 16 km to the east. Causapscal at 27 km to the east as well as Sayabec at 33 km to the north. Saint-Léon-le-Grand is located on Route 195 halfway between Amqui and Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui. The territory of Saint-Léon-le-Grand covers an area of 127 km2.
Pages in category "History of Bas-Saint-Laurent" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (French pronunciation: [ba sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃], "Lower Saint-Lawrence") is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlantic Ocean and is often nicknamed "Bas-du-Fleuve" (Lower-River).
Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf də ləpaʒ]) is a parish municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is located 5 km south-east of Mont-Joli in the Matapédia River Valley. The village is 350 km north east of Québec city and 360 km west of Gaspé.
Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ simɔ̃ də ʁimuski]) is a municipality in the Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 455. [2] [3] Before 2020 it was known as Saint-Simon.
On March 9, 1848, the parish of Saint-Éloi was canonically erected by separating an area from the parishes of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de L'Isle-Verte and Notre-Dame-des-Neiges de Trois-Pistoles. It was erected civilly on the following June 13. Parish registers were also opened in 1848. The first parish priest was Thomas Aubert from Gaspé.
While Saint-Denis, the name of the geographic township, was used concurrently, the macabre name remained in use until the mid 19th century and was the inspiration for the current name, because Bishop Charles-François Baillargeon wrote "je change le Massacre en Félicité" ("I change the massacre to happiness") in 1860. [2]
This article is a list of historic places in Bas-Saint-Laurent, entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. All addresses are the administrative Region 01.