La Baie, Quebec
Encyclopedia
La Baie is a borough
of the city of Saguenay
, Quebec
, located where the Rivière à Mars flows into the Baie des Ha! Ha!, a bay of the Saguenay River
. Formerly an independent city, its population in 2006 was 19,639.
La Baie was created by the result of the merger of the towns of Bagotville, Port-Alfred and Grande-Baie in 1976. In 2002, it was further amalgamated into the city of Saguenay
.
While Chicoutimi and Jonquière, the two boroughs that constitute the main urban core of Saguenay, are located close to each other, La Baie is at a moderate distance from the city centre. This has created some unique issues for the borough — for example, while a full-power television or radio station in Saguenay can serve the entire city from a single transmitter without difficulty, La Baie is distant enough from the city's urban core that some low-power broadcasters, such as CKAJ-FM
, have had to add separate transmitters to rebroadcast their signals in La Baie.
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
of the city of Saguenay
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, located where the Rivière à Mars flows into the Baie des Ha! Ha!, a bay of the Saguenay River
Saguenay River
The Saguenay River is a major river of Quebec, Canada.It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east, and passes the city of Saguenay. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River at Tadoussac....
. Formerly an independent city, its population in 2006 was 19,639.
La Baie was created by the result of the merger of the towns of Bagotville, Port-Alfred and Grande-Baie in 1976. In 2002, it was further amalgamated into the city of Saguenay
Saguenay, Quebec
Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City....
.
While Chicoutimi and Jonquière, the two boroughs that constitute the main urban core of Saguenay, are located close to each other, La Baie is at a moderate distance from the city centre. This has created some unique issues for the borough — for example, while a full-power television or radio station in Saguenay can serve the entire city from a single transmitter without difficulty, La Baie is distant enough from the city's urban core that some low-power broadcasters, such as CKAJ-FM
CKAJ-FM
CKAJ-FM is a French language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec.Owned and operated by La Radio Communautaire du Saguenay, it broadcasts on 92.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 14,164 watts using an omnidirectional antenna, while a low-power rebroadcaster serves the borough...
, have had to add separate transmitters to rebroadcast their signals in La Baie.