Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
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Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
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| Coordinates (105, chemin du Fleuve[1]): 45°19′45″N 73°58′20″W / 45.3291°N 73.9722°WCoordinates: 45°19′45″N 73°58′20″W / 45.3291°N 73.9722°W[2] | |||
| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Quebec |
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| Region | Montérégie | ||
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | ||
| Constituted | May 1, 1961 | ||
| Government[1][3] | |||
| • Mayor | Maryse M. Sauvé | ||
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | ||
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges | ||
| Area[1][4] | |||
| • Total | 10.00 km2 (3.86 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 2.67 km2 (1.03 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011)[4] | |||
| • Total | 1,340 | ||
| • Density | 502.2/km2 (1,301/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (2006–11) |  28.1% |
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| • Dwellings | 600 | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | ||
| Postal code(s) | J0P 1M0 | ||
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 | ||
| Access Routes[5] |  Route 338 |
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| Website | www.pointe-des-cascades.com | ||
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Pointe-des-Cascades is a village municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on a spit of land where the Saint Lawrence River flows into Lake Saint-Louis. The river has here a significant drop, forming several cascades which give the village its name.[6]
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History
Starting in the mid seventeenth century until 1700, many military expeditions arrived at this place in order to portage around the cascades on the Saint Lawrence River. The first reference to Pointe-des-Cascades appeared in a text of Louis-Armand de Lahontan in 1684 and on a map of Deshayes in 1695, when Pointe des Cascades was included in the Vaudreuil Lordship.[6]
In 1893, the post office opened under the English name Cascades Point (renamed in 1951 to Pointe-des-Cascades). A few years later construction began on the Soulanges Canal and when it was completed in 1899, the village became the eastern, downstream terminus of the canal.[6] In 1958, it closed when it was superseded by the new Beauharnois Canal. The paths along the canal are now being used as a regional cycling route.[7]
In 1961, the Village Municipality of Pointe-des-Cascades was formed on the territory of the Parish Municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges and Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil.[6]
Demographics
Population
Population trend[8]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
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| 2011 | 1,340 | 28.1% |
| 2006 | 1,046 | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 913 | 0.3% |
| 1996 | 910 | 31.7% |
| 1991 | 691 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue language (2006)[9]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
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| French only | 985 | 95.17% |
| English only | 35 | 3.38% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other languages | 15 | 1.45% |
See also
Media related to Pointe-des-Cascades at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ a b c Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire: Pointe-des-Cascades
- ^ Reference number 50147 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
- ^ Parliament of Canada Federal Riding History: VAUDREUIL--SOULANGES (Quebec)
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map
- ^ a b c d "Pointe-des-Cascades (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=50147&Latitude=45,33333&Longitude=-73,96667&Zoom=1700. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ "Montérégie Cycling Trails: Soulanges Canal". MontrealPlus.ca. http://english.montrealplus.ca/feature/crazy_for_cycling/8536/trails_soulanges.jsp. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec
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Vaudreuil-Dorion | Lake Saint-Louis / Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | |
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Lake Saint-Louis | ||
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| Saint Lawrence River / Salaberry-de-Valleyfield / Beauharnois |
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