| Pointe-des-Cascades | |||
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| — Village — | |||
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| Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality | |||
| Coordinates (105, chemin du Fleuve [1]): | |||
| Country | Canada | ||
| Province | Quebec | ||
| Region | Montérégie | ||
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | ||
| Incorporated | May 1, 1961 | ||
| Electoral Districts Federal |
Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
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| Provincial | Soulanges | ||
| Government[1][2][3] | |||
| • Type | Village | ||
| • Mayor | Maryse M. Sauvé | ||
| • Federal MP(s) | Meili Faille (BQ) | ||
| • Quebec MNA(s) | Lucie Charlebois (PLQ) | ||
| Area[4] | |||
| • Land | 2.67 km2 (1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006)[4] | |||
| • Total | 1,046 | ||
| • Density | 392.0/km2 (1,015.3/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (2001-06) | 14.6% | ||
| • Dwellings | 446 | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Postal code(s) | J0P | ||
| Area code(s) | 450 | ||
| Access Routes[5] | Route 338 | ||
| Website | www.pointe-des-cascades.com | ||
Pointe-des-Cascades is a village and municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. 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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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completed in 1899, the village became the eastern, downstream terminus of the canal.[6] In 1958, it closed when it was superseded by the new Beauharnois Canal.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]
Population trend[8]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
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| 2006 | 1,046 | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 913 | 0.3% |
| 1996 | 910 | 31.7% |
| 1991 | 691 | N/A |
Mother tongue language (2006)[4]
| 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% |
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pointe-des-Cascades Pointe-des-Cascades] at Wikimedia Commons
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | Lake Saint-Louis / Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | |||
| Les Cèdres | Lake Saint-Louis | |||
| Pointe-des-Cascades | ||||
| Saint Lawrence River / Salaberry-de-Valleyfield / Beauharnois |
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