Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec

Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Municipality

Location within Argenteuil RCM.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil

Location in central Quebec.

Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°20′W / 45.567°N 74.333°WCoordinates: 45°34′N 74°20′W / 45.567°N 74.333°W[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Argenteuil
Settled 1800
Constituted December 29, 1999
Government[2]
 • Mayor André Jetté
 • Federal riding Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
 • Prov. riding Argenteuil
Area[2][3]
 • Total 101.90 km2 (39.34 sq mi)
 • Land 97.78 km2 (37.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 3,275
 • Density 33.5/km2 (87/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 5.7%
 • Dwellings 1,551
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s) J0V 1X0
Area code(s) 450 and 579
Highways
A-50
Route 327
Route 344
Website www.saintandre
dargenteuil.ca
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Carillon

Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located along the Ottawa River, just south of Lachute.

History

Carillon, being located at the foot of the Long-Sault rapids on the Ottawa River, has a long history. It started out as a trading post at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and then a relay station for voyageurs. Here in 1660, Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and his companions saved New France from attack by the Iroquois during the Battle of Long Sault, according to tradition. In 1671, an officer of the Carignan Regiment, Philippe Carion (Carrion), obtained the area as a concession in the Montreal Island Seigneury from Dollier de Casson and established a trading post. But the name Carillon was reported in 1686 in the journal of Chevalier de Troyes.[4]

Around 1800, settlers of Scottish origin settled at the confluence of the North River (Rivière du Nord) and Rouge River near the Ottawa River. In 1819, the post office with the English name of St. Andrews East (frenchified to Saint-André-Est in 1978) was established here, having adopted the name of the patron saint of the Scottish settlers. Also here two years later in 1821, John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892, was born. In 1845, the Argenteuil Municipality was founded, but was abolished two years later. In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil was formed.[5]

In the nineteenth century, the timber industry was very active in this section of the Laurentian Mountains and the first paper mill in Canada was built on this land in 1803.[5] From the 1830s onward, Carillon became the site of the Carillon Canal, built to facilitate military transport up the Ottawa River. It was enlarged in the 1870s to accommodate commercial boat traffic. Today it is a National Historic Site of Canada.[6] In 1959, construction began on the Carillon Generating Station and dam, raising the Ottawa River water level by over 62 feet (19 m) at Carillon, flooding the rapids of Long-Sault and transforming them into calm water.[7]

Carillon and Saint-André-Est became independent municipalities in 1887 and 1958 respectively, their territories being separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil. But on December 29, 1999, the Village Municipality of Saint-André-Est, the Village Municipality of Carillon, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil were rejoined into the new Municipality of Saint-André–Carillon, which was renamed on November 25, 2000, to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.[8]

Demographics

Population trend:[9]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1318 (total dwellings: 1551)

Mother tongue:[10]

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.

Notable natives and residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 362818 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  4. ↑ "Carillon (Municipalité de village)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  6. ↑ "Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada, Cultural Heritage". Parks Canada. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Canal" (in French). Village de Grenville. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  8. ↑ "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  9. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  10. ↑ "Saint-André-d'Argenteuil community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-13.

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