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  2. BALSAC (database) - Wikipedia

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    BALSAC was created in 1972 at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi [1] in partnership with Université Laval, McGill University, and the Université de Montréal on the initiative of Gérard Bouchard. [2] The data are derived from vital records, mostly marriage certificates, that are connected through record linkage.

  3. List of oldest buildings in Canada - Wikipedia

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    La Petite Ferme, House: 1692 La Petite-Ferme, Quebec: Fort de la Montagne: 1694 [Montreal, Quebec] Moulin (Mill) du Petit-Pré [276] 1695 Château-Richer: Maison Saint-Gabriel: 1698 Montreal: Presbytère de Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation: 1698 Quebec City: Couvent des Ursulines: 1699 Trois-Rivières: Maison Descaris [277] 1700 Montreal: Maison ...

  4. Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec

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    An aerial view of the village of Percé, Quebec, and its famous rock, taken from Mont-Sainte-Anne. The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec (French: Association des plus beaux villages du Québec, pronounced [asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ de ply bo vilaʒ dy kebɛk]) is an association created in 1997 by Jean-Marie Girardville and inspired from similar associations in France, Belgium, and Italy.

  5. Saint-Nicolas Heritage Site - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Pointe-Claire Windmill - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of museums in Quebec - Wikipedia

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    Musée du Régiment de la Chaudière: Lévis: Chaudière-Appalaches: Military: information, WW II Le Régiment de la Chaudière: Musée du ski des Laurentides: Saint-Sauveur: Laurentides: Sports: website, history of skiing in the Laurentian mountains, ski equipment and memorabilia Musée du squelette: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Bas-Saint-Laurent ...

  8. Lacolle Mills Blockhouse - Wikipedia

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    During the War of 1812, the blockhouse was the location for the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812) and the Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814).. The Battle of Lacolle Mills (1812) was a short engagement in which a small garrison of Canadien Militia, with the assistance of Kahnawake Mohawk warriors, defended the Lacolle Mills Blockhouse from an American invasion force led by Major General Henry Dearborn.

  9. Clermont, Capitale-Nationale - Wikipedia

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    Clermont's economy centres on the Abitibi-Bowater paper mill, formerly the Donohue mill that was founded in 1936 by the brothers Timothy and Charles Donohue and employed close to a thousand people in the 1970s. [4] Clermont is also the end of the Charlevoix Railway and therefore is an intermodal freight transport hub primarily for wood.