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14-592: [REDACTED] Look up ville-marie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ville-Marie may refer to: Places [ edit ] Ville-Marie, Quebec , Canada; a town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Montreal , Quebec, Canada; from its former, original, name Fort Ville-Marie , the original name for the settlement that later became Montreal , Quebec , Canada Ville-Marie, Montreal ,

28-677: A borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada Autoroute Ville-Marie (A-720/R-136 highway), a freeway in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Ville-Marie Tunnel, the underground portion of the Ville-Marie Expressway Other uses [ edit ] Ville-Marie (film) , a 2015 French-Canadian film Radio Ville-Marie (CIRA-FM 91.3 FM), a radio station See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "ville-marie" on Misplaced Pages. Ville-Marie borough council Parti Montréal Ville-Marie ,

42-624: A canoe trip on 11 June 1978 on the lake. Lake Timiskaming is located within the ancient major rift valley Timiskaming Graben . It is the northern extension of the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben , which is part of the Saint Lawrence rift system . There have been recent earthquakes along the rift valley, the most recent being in 2000. There are numerous faults in the area and has produced cliffs such as Devil's Rock , just 5 km (3 mi) south of Haileybury and

56-506: A mission founded by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate , who gave it the name "Ville-Marie". Originally the area was called Kelly Bay in honour of its first settler, James Kelly, who lived as a hermit. In 1874, Oblate missionary Joseph Moffet (1852–1932) cleared some land and moved to Kelly Bay that came to be known as Baie-des-Pères (Bay of Fathers). In 1883, he was joined by a group of settlers from Nicolet . In 1886,

70-535: A municipal political party Place Ville-Marie , Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a business tower complex Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs , Quebec, Canada; a federal riding Westmount--Ville-Marie , Quebec, Canada; a federal riding All pages with titles beginning with Ville-Marie All pages with titles containing Ville-Marie Ville (disambiguation) Marie (disambiguation) Villa Maria (disambiguation) Vila Maria (disambiguation) Maryville (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

84-660: A typical continental climate , with frigid winters alongside warm and humid summers. It benefits from the lake's influence in winter, when temperatures are significantly higher than in other towns further from the lake. It still holds the record for the hottest day in Quebec with a temperature of 40 °C or 104 °F on July 6, 1921. The main components of the local economy are agriculture, forestry, hydro-electricity, outdoor tourism (hunting and sport fishing). List of former mayors: Lake Timiskaming Lake Timiskaming or Lake Temiskaming ( French : Lac Témiscamingue )

98-475: Is a large freshwater lake on the provincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec , Canada. The lake, which forms part of the Ottawa River , is 110 km (68 mi) in length and covers an area of 304 km (117 sq mi). Its water level ranges between 175 m (574 ft) and 179 m (587 ft) above sea-level , with a mean annual average of 178.4 m (585 ft). The lake

112-672: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ville-Marie, Quebec Ville-Marie is a town on Lake Temiscaming in western Quebec , Canada. It is the largest city and seat of the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality . As one of the oldest towns in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, it is considered the cradle of north-western Quebec and nicknamed "Pearl of Témiscamingue". CKVM-FM broadcasts from Ville-Marie. The town

126-731: Is home to the Junior "A" Ville-Marie Pirates of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League . Already in 1679, the place functioned as a trading post between the French and indigenous Algonquians . In 1720, the North West Company opened a trading post and built a store in 1785, which came into the hands of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 when the two companies merged. In 1836, a mission was established, followed in 1863, by

140-580: Is in places up to 216 m (709 ft) deep. There are several islands on the lake, notably Mann and du Collège Islands. The name is from the Algonquin Temikami or Temikaming , meaning "deep body of water with rapid winds” There are 30 species of fish in Lake Timiskaming, the best known are northern pike , sturgeon , lake trout , walleye , smallmouth bass , bullhead , carp , burbot , perch , and whitefish . The lake

154-481: Is the seat of the judicial district of Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Ville-Marie had a population of 2,464 living in 1,185 of its 1,264 total private dwellings, a change of -4.6% from its 2016 population of 2,584 . With a land area of 5.83 km (2.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 422.6/km (1,094.6/sq mi) in 2021. Population trend: Mother tongue (2021): Ville-Marie presents

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168-710: The Parish of Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Rosaire-de-Ville-Marie was founded, and in 1891, the Baie-des-Père Post Office opened. The Village Municipality of Ville-Marie was incorporated in 1897 and the following year the post office was renamed to match the village's name. In 1899, the HBC post closed. On December 22, 1962, the Village Municipality of Ville-Marie became the Town of Ville-Marie. Ville-Marie

182-419: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ville-Marie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ville-Marie&oldid=1011375147 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

196-415: Was shaped during the last ice age when glaciers carved into the rock. It is also the remnants of a huge basin called Lake Ojibway , which existed about 9,500 years ago. For the trading post and some history see Fort Témiscamingue . One of Canada's greatest boating tragedies occurred when twelve boys and a staff member of Ted Byfield 's St John's School of Claremont died of drowning and hypothermia on

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