Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
| Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | |||
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 Stoneham on the Rivière Jacques-Cartier |
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| Location in Quebec | |||
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Capitale-Nationale | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | La Jacques-Cartier | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 0 ′ N , 71 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 175 m | ||
| Area : | 671.63 km² | ||
| Residents : | 7106 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 10.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 22035 | ||
| Postal code : | G3C | ||
| Area code : | +1 418 | ||
| Mayor : | Robert Miller | ||
| Website : | www.villestoneham.com | ||
 Located in the MRC La Jacques-Cartier |
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Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a municipality in the south of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the administrative region Capitale-Nationale , about 25 km north of the center of the provincial capital Québec . The municipality in the regional county municipality (municipalité régionale du comté) La Jacques-Cartier has an area of 671.63 km² and has 7,106 inhabitants (2011).
geography
The territory of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury comprises an extensive, almost entirely forested area in the Laurentine Mountains . The eastern half with the villages of Stoneham and Saint-Adolphe belongs to the catchment area of the Rivière des Hurons. This 30 km long river flows into Lac Saint-Charles , which in turn is the source of the Rivière Saint-Charles . The western half with the village of Tewkesbury belongs to the catchment area of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier . Smaller areas in the north and south-east are drained by the Rivière Sainte-Anne and the Rivière Montmorency . Significant parts of the municipality are in the Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier and in the Réserve faunique des Laurentides . Geologically, the region is part of the Canadian Shield .
Neighboring communities are Lac-Croche in the north, Lac-Jacques-Cartier in the north-east, Château-Richer in the east, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval in the south-east, Lac-Beauport and Québec in the south, Lac-Delage in the south-west, Saint-Gabriel- de-Valcartier in the west and Lac-Blanc in the northwest.
history
For centuries, the Innu people used today's municipal area for hunting and fishing. At the end of the 17th century, Huronian refugees placed themselves under the protection of the French and settled in nearby Wendake . They used the Lac Saint-Charles and the Rivière des Hurons as access to the otherwise difficult-to-access territory in order to also hunt and fish there. At around the same time, Jesuit missionaries used the Sentier des Jésuites (Jesuit path ) to get quickly to the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region .
The English stable master Kenelm Chandler, who originally came from Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucestershire and had been stationed in the city of Québec since 1764 , was awarded an extensive area on the Rivière Jacques-Cartier in 1800. Initially, this property was only used for speculation. Another Englishman, Philip Toosey, was awarded the valley of the Rivière des Hurons in 1792 and founded the settlement of Stoneham (named after the village of Stonham Aspal in the county of Suffolk ) there. Chandler built a bridge in 1802, but died a year later. Because of this, Tewkesbury did not begin to settle until around 1825, when the Irish, English and Scots settled. A post office was opened in Stoneham in 1854, and the parish of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury was founded a year later.
The opening of the St. Charles and Huron River Railway in 1912 made it possible to intensify forestry , as did the removal of gravel deposits. With the opening of the road to Lac Saint-Jean in 1951 and its expansion into a motorway in the decades that followed, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury's population grew rapidly as the parish was now easily accessible from Québec. This was accompanied by the continuous expansion of the tourist infrastructure, while forestry gradually lost its importance. Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury has been part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec association since 2002 .
population
According to the 2011 census, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury had 7,106 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 10.6 inh / km². 96.3% of the population stated French as their main language, the share of English was 2.4%. 0.5% described themselves as bilingual (French and English), other languages and multiple answers accounted for 0.8%. Only French spoke 65.7%. In 2001, 89.0% of the population were Roman Catholic , 2.5% Protestant and 7.2% without religious affiliation.
Economy and Transport
The most important industry in the municipality is tourism . The station touristique Stoneham , located around two kilometers north of the town of Stoneham in the side valley of the Rivière Hibou, is one of the most important winter sports areas in Québec. Among other things, the 2013 Snowboard World Championships took place there.
The community is accessed by the Autoroute 73 from Québec. This freeway merges with Route 175 north of Stoneham , a four-lane dual carriageway towards Saguenay .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rivière des Hurons. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed on March 28, 2014 (French).
- ^ De Québec au Lac Saint-Jean: ou, Sentiers des Laurentides, Sentiers des Amérindiens, Sentiers des Jésuites, 1678-1703. (No longer available online.) Canada's local histories online, archived from the original on May 23, 2014 ; accessed on March 28, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed on March 28, 2014 (French).
- ^ Population profile of the parish of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. In: 2011 Census. Statistics Canada , 2011, accessed March 28, 2014 (French).
- ^ Population profile of the parish of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. In: 2001 Census. Statistics Canada , 2001, accessed March 28, 2014 (French).
