Chicoutimi
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 Panorama of Chicoutimi |
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 26 ′ N , 71 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Website : | www.ville.saguenay.qc.ca | ||
Chicoutimi is an arrondissement (English: Borough ) of the city of Saguenay and was an independent city until 2002. Chicoutimi is located at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region, Quebec Province , Canada .
In 2005 the arrondissement had 60,008 inhabitants. Chicoutimi is the administrative center of the city of Saguenay, the seat of a Catholic diocese and the seat of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) .
The name Chicoutimi comes from the innu word Shkoutimeou and means "where the water is deep" (Chicoutimi is at the upper end of the Saguenay Fjord).
history
The site was visited by Jesuits from 1673 . In the summer of 1676 fur traders set up a trading post. The city itself was founded by Peter McLeod on August 24, 1842 after a concession in favor of the Hudson's Bay Company that forbade colonization expired.
At the beginning of the 20th century the city developed mainly industrially with a large pulp mill . From the Great Depression in 1929, Chicoutimi became more and more a regional commercial and administrative center.
In 2002 the city merged with neighboring cities and municipalities to form the new city of Saguenay .
Famous sons and daughters of the city
- François Carrier (* 1961), jazz and improvisation musician
- Richard Comeau (* 1960), film editor
- Marie-Ève Drolet (* 1982), short tracker
- Marc Gagnon (* 1975), speed skater
- John Kricfalusi (born 1955), artist
- Georges Vézina (1887–1926), ice hockey player