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Jonquière

This article is about the Saguenay borough. For other uses, seeJonquière (disambiguation).

Jonquière(/ʒɒŋˈkjɛər/;French pronunciation:[ʒɔ̃kjɛʁ];2021 population:60,250)[1]is aborough(arrondissement) of the city ofSaguenayin theSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jeanregion ofQuebec,Canada. It is located on theSaguenay River,near the borough ofChicoutimi.

Jonquière
Borough
A view of Jonquière
A view of Jonquière
Jonquière in red
Jonquière in red
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
CitySaguenay
Government
• Borough presidentCarl Dufour
WebsiteBorough Council of Jonquière

History

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Pulp and paper mills in Jonquière, c. 1899–1901

Jonquière was founded in 1847 byMarguerite Belley,who came fromLa Malbaieto settle on the Rivière aux Sables. It was named afterJacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière,governor of New France from 1749 to 1752.

Arvida Bridge in Jonquière

Growth came from the construction of pulp and paper mills at the beginning of the 20th century. Between 1925 and 1928, the world's largest aluminum plant was built along with the city Arvida (then a separate town). In 1942, to supply power to the plant, Alcan built a hydroelectric station at Shipshaw that was the largest in the world at that time.[2]Jonquière, Arvida and Kénogami were amalgamated into the single city of Jonquière in 1975. Jonquière was the host city for the Quebec Games in the winter of 1976 and for the Canoe/Kayak World Championships in slalom and whitewater racing in 1979.

Much of Jonquière's development owed its strength to the Price family, who ran a pulp and paper factory in Kénogami. Today that factory is owned by Resolute Forest Products. Arvida is the home of analuminiumplant owned byRio Tinto Alcan.

When the city of Saguenay was constituted on February 18, 2002 by municipal amalgamation, the borough of Jonquière was created from the former city of Jonquière, the former municipality of Shipshaw, and the former municipality of Lac-Kénogami. The former city of Jonquière had a population of 54,842 in theCanada 2001 Census,the last census in which Jonquière was counted as a separate city.[3]

Theheavy metalbandVoivodformed in Jonquière.

The Rivière aux Sables runs through the centre of Jonquière. Significant damage to the city's buildings was caused by the 1996Saguenay Flood.

Transportation

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Rail

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Jonquière is the northern terminus of theMontreal–Jonquière passenger trainoperated byVia Rail.Three round-trip trains per week run betweenJonquière stationandMontreal Central Station,scheduled to take about nine hours each way. This route is shared by theMontreal–Senneterre trainas far asHervey station.From Montreal, passengers can connect to trains serving major destinations such asQuebec City,Ottawa,Toronto,Halifax,andNew York City.

Notable people

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Mayors

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  • Jean Allard ( – January 20, 1868), (1872–1876) and (February 5, 1894 – August 26, 1895 Death)
  • Jules GauthierMe Jules Gauthier (1942 - bef 1949)
  • Camille Gagné
  • Francis Dufour (1975–1985) (Arvida 1967 – 1975)
  • Gilles Marceau
  • Marcel Martel ( – November 7, 1999)
  • Daniel Giguère(November 7, 1999 – February 18, 2002)

References

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  1. ^Population calculated by combining Census Tracts 4080101.00, 4080100.00, 4080102.00, 4080103.00, 4080107.03, 4080107.04, 4080104.00, 4080110.00, 4080105.00, 4080109.00, 4080108.00, 4080107.02, 4080106.00
  2. ^"Giant of the North".Popular Mechanics.80(6): 8. December 1943.Retrieved10 September2016.
  3. ^2001 Statistics Canada Community Profiles: Jonquière[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^"CHABOT, Christiane (born 1950), Painter, pastellist, watercolourist, sculptor: Benezit Dictionary of Artists".Oxford Index.2011.doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00034871.Retrieved14 December2018.
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48°25′N71°15′W/ 48.417°N 71.250°W/48.417; -71.250

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