Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec
Encyclopedia
Notre-Dame-du-Lac is a former city in the regional county municipality
of Témiscouata in the province of Québec
, Canada
, located in the administrative region du Bas-Saint-Laurent
. On 5 May 2010, the cities of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac combined to form a new city named Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
. "Notre-Dame-du-Lac" was designated as a section of the new city.
de la regional county municipality
and the hospital, ferry, and police station of Témiscouata were located there. The arena of Notre-Dame-du-Lac is also well-known as the largest and best equipped in the region.
as the new name of the city.
specially designed for the occasion.
Regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...
of Témiscouata in the province of Québec
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....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, located in the administrative region du Bas-Saint-Laurent
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:...
. On 5 May 2010, the cities of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac combined to form a new city named Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac is a municipality in Québec situated in the MRC of Témiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The city was created on May 5, 2010 from the mergers of the city of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac.- Geography :...
. "Notre-Dame-du-Lac" was designated as a section of the new city.
Geography
The population of Notre-Dame-du-Lac is around 2200. The city is built on an amphitheatre in the middle of the Valley of Témiscouata. Until its joining with Cabano, Notre-Dame-du-Lac was the chef-lieuChef-lieu
A chef-lieu is a town or city that is pre-eminent, from an administrative perspective, in any given sub-division of territory in France and some French-speaking countries.-In Algeria:...
de la regional county municipality
Regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...
and the hospital, ferry, and police station of Témiscouata were located there. The arena of Notre-Dame-du-Lac is also well-known as the largest and best equipped in the region.
History
First created as a parish in 1871, with the name «Détour-du-Lac», two years after the parish which received its first priest in 1861, Notre-Dame-du-Lac obtained "city" status in 1968 as a result of an adjoinment with the homonymous village establishhd in 1949. The name «Détour-du-Lac» was given because of its geographic situation which made the place by excellence where to come alongside it and sink into the earth.Adjoinment With Cabano
On 21 June 2009, the motion to join Notre-Dame-du-Lac with the neighboring city of Cabano was adopted by 70% by referendum. The latter voted favorably on the option in excess of 56%. On 5 May 2010, a decree authorizing the joining of the two cities was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec (official newspaper of Québec). This decree announced the holding of elections on 20 June 2010, to elect a new mayor and a new city council. While awaiting the adoption of a new permanent name, the new city was designated "Cabano–Notre-Dame-du-Lac". A referendum organized in the two former cities made the choice of Témiscouata-sur-le-LacTémiscouata-sur-le-Lac
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac is a municipality in Québec situated in the MRC of Témiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. The city was created on May 5, 2010 from the mergers of the city of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac.- Geography :...
as the new name of the city.
Tourism
The bike trail Le Petit Témis (135 km) which follows the banks of the lake reveals its lake and the island in a tour of nature. Each year, the "hotdog party" occurs on the beach of the lake.Pont de Glace
In the winter, a bridge of ice is erected over Lake Témiscouata which allows, to vehicles as well as pedestrians, crossing the lake between Notre-Dame-du-Lac and the next parish: Saint-Juste-du-Lac. In summer, a ferry links the two banks.Notre-Dame-du-Lac "Garden City"
Notre-Dame-du-Lac was recently named "Garden City" and has a flower emblem called "The Lady of the Lake," a variety of daylilyDaylily
Daylily is the general nonscientific name of a species, hybrid or cultivar of the genus Hemerocallis . Daylily cultivar flowers are highly diverse in colour and form, as a result of hybridization efforts of gardening enthusiasts and professional horticulturalists...
specially designed for the occasion.