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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wakefield is a village on the western shore of the Gatineau River, at the confluence of the La Pêche River in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The village, named after the town of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, is now the southern edge of the municipality of La Pêche, and was founded in 1830 by Irish, Scottish, and English immigrants. It is approximately twenty minutes from Ottawa, Ontario driving north on Autoroute 5 and Route 105 at Route 366.The village's primary industry is tourism. The main attractions, in addition to a picturesque setting, are the covered bridge spanning the Gatineau River, the recently restored Maclaren Mill, named after an early family in the region, now operated as the Wakefield Mill Inn and Spa, and the Black Sheep Inn or Auberge Mouton Noir as its sign reads to conform with Quebec language laws. The village also provides an access point to Gatineau Park at Lac Philippe. Recreational activities in and around the village include horseback riding, skiing, snowmobiling, dog sledding, golf, canoeing, and kayaking. It is also known for having the highest bungee jump in the Americas at 61 metres (200 ft). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Verdun is a borough (arrondissement) of the City of Montreal, situated along the St. Lawrence River. It consists of the former city of Verdun, Quebec, which was merged with the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002. Verdun did not hold a demerger referendum on June 20, 2004. Verdun was founded in 1671, making it one of Canada's oldest cities. In 1956, Nuns' Island (Île-des-S?urs) was amalgamated with Verdun, which is on the Island of Montreal.Although very close to Downtown Montreal, it is separated from it by the Canal de l'Aqueduc. It is also located next to the Champlain Bridge, the main bridge from Montreal to the suburbs on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. On September 3rd, 1978, the Montreal Metro expanded to include Verdun. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Manhattan Beach is a city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The population was 33,852 at the 2000 census. The city is on the Pacific Ocean coast, to the south of El Segundo, and to the north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of volleyball and surfing. During the winter the waves can reach to about 9 to 12 feet. To the east are the cities of Hawthorne and Redondo Beach. It is one of the three Beach Cities in the South Bay. The city is a very upscale beach town within commuting distance of Los Angeles, making it one of the most expensive coastal towns in which to live in America, according to the most recent Fortune Magazine rankings. The town regularly smashes Los Angeles County real estate sales records, with the median price of a single family dwelling with an ocean view approaching 2.1 million dollars. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Laval (pronounced [laˈval]) is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006. Laval geographically is separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval. Laval constitutes region 13 of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sacré-Coeur is a municipality in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Côte-Nord (French for "North Shore", area 247,627.06 km², or 95,609.34 sq mi) is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadoussac. While the western half of the region is in the same time zone as the rest of Quebec, the eastern half, including most of Anticosti Island, is in the Atlantic Time Zone. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Woburn is a suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand. Henry Petre farmed the area in the 1840s and named the area after the Duke of Bedford's estate, Woburn Abbey. Petre's farm was later taken over by Daniel and Harriet Riddiford, whose descendants built a large home there, with the land being gradually subdivided. Woburn Memorial High School is a public high school located in Woburn, Massachusetts. Woburn High is home to the Tanners and Tannerettes. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Great Britain after the Seven Years' War. Great Britain acquired Canada by the Treaty of Paris when King Louis XV of France and his advisors chose to keep the territory of Guadeloupe for its valuable sugar crops instead of New France. By the Royal Proclamation of 1763, Canada (part of New France) was renamed the Province of Quebec. In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act that allowed Quebec to restore the use of french customary law in private matters alongside the British common law system, and allowing the Roman Catholic Church to collect tithes. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Hubert is a borough in the city of Longueuil, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. According to the Quebec Statistics Institute, Saint-Hubert had 78,336 in 2006. The area of the borough is 65.98 km². Longueuil's city hall is now located in Saint-Hubert. Saint-Hubert is located about 14 kilometers (almost 9 miles) from downtown Montreal. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! As with other large world cities like Greater New York City and large national cities like Toronto, the legal geographic boundaries of Montreal have been reorganized to incorporate adjacent communities which are integral to its social and economic life. But due to the history of both the Anglo majority in ruling elite in Downtown Montreal but living in the western adjacent towns like Westmount existing with the working class francophone community, the move toward agglomeration was rife with political controversy and linguistic strife. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wodehouse is a municipality in Ontario. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S. states (from west to east): Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania (the latter two across Lake Erie) and New York to the south and east. Most of Ontario's 2,700 km (1,677 mi) long border with the United States runs along water, in the west the Lake of the Woods and eastward of there either on lakes or rivers within the Great Lakes drainage system: Superior, St. Marys River, Huron, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair (sometimes referred to as the sixth Great Lake), Erie, Ontario and then runs along the St. Lawrence River from near Kingston to near Cornwall. ... Read more

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James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end ofHudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from theArctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec andOntario; islands within the bay (the largest of which isAkimiski Island) are part of Nunavut. The James Baywatershed is the site of several major hydroelectricprojects, and is also a destination for river-basedrecreation. Several communities are located near oralongside James Bay, including a number of Aboriginalcommunities such as the Kashechewan First Nation and ninecommunities affiliated with the Crees of northern Quebec. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1,150-kilometre (710 mi) Quebec City?Windsor Corridor is the most densely-populated and heavily-industrialized region of Canada. With over 17 million people (2001 Census), it contained 56.8% of the Canadian population and three of the six largest metropolitan areas in the country. In its relative importance to the country's economic and political infrastructure, it has many similarities to the Northeast megalopolis in the United States. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,648 as of 2009. The municipality was created in 2000 after the merging of the parish municipality of Saint-Honoré and the county municipality of Shenley. It is named after Honoré Desruisseaux, the first reverend of the parish in 1869, and the village of Shenley, in Hertfordshire, England. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. Regional County municipality seat is Saint-Pascal. The other main town is La Pocatière, Quebec. The area is an important research, development and education centre for agriculture. Factories in the region produce metal products and public transportation equipment. One of the people instrumental in settling and developing this area was Pascal Taché, an early seigneur. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur is a parish municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,628. Les Jardins-de-Napierville is a Regional County Municipality (French: Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC)) in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Founded on January 1, 1982. Its seat is in Napierville. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Uashat-Maliotenam (or Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam in Innu-aimun) is an Innu reserve in the Canadian province of Quebec. The reserve consists of two distinct settlements, Uashat and Maliotenam, located near the city of Sept-Îles, and had a combined population of 2,231 in the Canada 2001 Census. An estimated 609 additional members of the Uashat-Maliotenam band live outside of the communities, predominantly in Sept-Îles. Although the two communities are not contiguous to each other, being located at opposite ends of Sept-Îles, they are governed as a single political entity. Uashat is located immediately adjacent to the urban core of Sept-Îles, while Maliotenam is located adjacent to the more rural neighbourhood of De Grasse, east of the Sept-Îles Airport. Both communities have road access via Route 138. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Brossardis a Canadian city situated in theMontérégie administrative region of the province ofQuebec. A suburban area, Brossard is located on thesouth shore of the Saint Lawrence River, oppositethe island and city of Montreal. Brossard issubdivided into many smaller sections. Thesesections are characterized by having street namesthat all begin with the same letter of the alphabet.The only notable exceptions are few major arteries(such as Taschereau Boulevard and Rome Boulevard)that span across two or more sections. Theresidential sections of Brossard are primarilycomposed of single-family homes, however high-risecondominiums are common near the river. Brossard isthe commercial hub of the south shore, mostbusinesses located along Taschereau Boulevard,inside Champlain Mall and Place Portobello or at thebrand-new lifestyle centre, Quartier DIX30. Aparticular segment of Taschereau Boulevard near LaPrairie and the Saint-Jacques River is home to anexceptionally large concentration of car dealershipsoffering most available makes and models. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Gérard-Majella is a parish municipality located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality of Québec (Canada), in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 252. Pierre-De Saurel is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its seat is in Sorel-Tracy. It is located on the Richelieu River, downstream from La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality at the confluence of the Richelieu and Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie region of Quebec. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Outremont is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The neighbourhood has been traditionally inhabited largely by Francophones, but is now also home to a large number of Hasidic Jews.A separate city until the 2002 municipal mergers, Outremont is located north of downtown, on the northern side of Mount Royal - its name means "beyond the mountain" although it encompasses Murray Hill (colline d'Outrmont), one of the three peaks that comprise Mount Royal. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Jean-Chrysostome is a district within the city of Lévis in central Quebec, Canada south of Quebec City on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. It was a separate town, incorporated in 1828, but in 2002 was amalgamated into Lévis. It is a mostly suburban community, connected to Quebec City by bus (Société de transport de Lévis) via Sainte-Foy. The main high school is École secondaire l'Horizon. Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The Société de transport de Lévis is responsible for public transportation by bus. ... Read more