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- It lies midway between Montreal and Quebec cities and is one of the oldest settlements in Canada. The city has developed from a frontier outpost into a major industrial centre and deepwater port. Hydroelectric power from Saint-Maurice River plants and vast forest resources have helped it to become one of the world’s largest producers of newsprint.
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Saint-Quentin Island lies at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and St. Lawrence River, where the city of Trois-Rivières developed. With the islands Saint-Christophe and De La Poterie, it creates three channels at the mouth of the Saint-Maurice River, where it flows into St. Lawrence River.
Founded in 1634, Trois-Rivières is the second oldest city in Quebec and one of the very first cities in Canada. Located at the confluence of the St. Maurice and St. Lawrence rivers, the site had been frequented by Amerindians since prehistoric times.
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The fortified settlement built at Samuel de Champlain's request in 1634 replaced the stockade abandoned earlier by the Algonquin, who had likely fled the hostile Haudenosaunee at the turn of the century. The former, who were allies of the French, lived for a long time in or near the small French village, whose major function was to organize the fur...
The Rivière Saint-Maurice played a major role in Trois-Rivières's history as a point of entry to the interior's natural resources. It was first used to transport furs from the northern forests. With the boom in forestry operations in the early 1850s, Trois-Rivières became an administrative centre, with several large sawmills and a major port for ex...
The gradual receding of the Champlain Sea’s shore carved a large number of sandy terraces from the east to the west, sloping down in a stair-like fashion into the river. Situated alongside the St. Lawrence River, the lands of the settlement did not extend beyond the first level up until the 20th century. The early village was concentrated around th...
With the establishment of sawmills and the development of commercial and port activities from 1850 to 1860, the population of Trois-Rivières doubled to 9000. The population grew rapidly again in the early 20th century, with the opening of paper and textile mills and an influx of people from neighbouring parishes. It grew from 10 000 to 42 000 betwe...
In the early 1930s, the pulp and textile industries provided nearly three-quarters of the manufacturing jobs. When manufacturing became more diversified, especially into foodstuffs, clothing, metals and electrical appliances, the dominant pulp and paper and textile industries declined, and by 1961 provided slightly less than half the total manufact...
As the major route penetrating the continent, the St. Lawrence River continued to be the only link with the rest of the colony until the construction of the Chemin du Roi was completed along the north shore in 1737. By the mid-19th century, a developing road network linked Trois-Rivières to the region's new parishes. In the late 1870s, the North Sh...
Trois-Rivières is the major cultural centre of the Mauricie region and has theatres, art galleries, a cultural centre, a municipal library, a branch of the Archives nationales du Québec and several museums. A museum of Québecois culture, Musée des arts et traditions populaires (1996), is located in the city's centre near the cathedral and the court...
Each step traces a milestone in the growth and development of Trois-Rivières, from politics to religion and from the arrival of the Native Peoples in 6,000 BC to the city’s designation as a cultural capital of Canada in 2009.
Québec was the port, the administrative center of New France: Montréal was a brave experiment, an outpost existing in a state of spiritual fervor; Trois-Rivières was the starting point of exploration.
The city has developed from a frontier outpost into a major industrial centre and deepwater port. Hydroelectric power from Saint-Maurice River plants and vast forest resources have helped it to become one of the world’s largest producers of newsprint.
Jul 11, 2024 · Trois-Rivières, one of the oldest cities in Canada, was founded in 1634 by the French explorer Laviolette. The city boasts a rich historical tapestry intertwined with the early French colonization of North America.
