Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec 作者：  来源：  发布时间：2021-07-21

I.Population and Area

₋Area

 Land:  84.23 km2 (32.52 sq mi)

₋Population (2016)

 Total: 19,447

 Density: 230.9/km2 (598/sq mi)

II.Natural Geography

₋Rivière-du-Loup (2011 population 19,447) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska.

₋Transportation

₋Rivière-du-Loup is a traditional stopping point between Quebec City, the Maritimes and the Gaspé Peninsula. The Trans-Canada Highway turns south here, transferring from Autoroute 20 to Autoroute 85 and continuing southerly to Edmundston, New Brunswick.

₋There is a ferry that crosses the river (fleuve St Laurent) to Saint-Siméon on the north shore.

₋The city is also served by the Rivière-du-Loup Airport (IATA airport code YRI). The town can also be reached by Via Rail on the train named The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax.

III.Economy

₋The average salary in Riviere-Du-Loup, Québec is C$59k. Trends in wages decreased by -100.0 percent in Q1 2020. The cost of living in Riviere-Du-Loup, Québec is 100 percent higher than the national average. The most popular occupations in Riviere-Du-Loup, Québec are Project Manager, (Unspecified Type / General), Marketing Coordinator, and Accounting Analyst which pay between C$44k and C$104k per year. The most popular employer in Riviere-Du-Loup, Québec is Premier Tech.

₋Website: https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Location=Riviere-Du-Loup-Qu%C3%A9bec/Salary

IV.Industrial Characteristics

₋The forestry, pulp and lumber, and tourist industries have been major factors in its economic development, especially after closure of the railway repair shops. The city still benefits from seasonal seaway links with the N Shore.

₋Today, it has become a service-industry town, with emphasis on commerce, teaching and public administration. A paper mill employs several hundred people.

₋Website: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/riviere-du-loup

V.Attractions

1.Saguenay-St-Lawrence Marine Park

₋The Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park is a National Marine Conservation Area, one of three in the Canadian national park system, located where the Saguenay River meets the Saint Lawrence River. It is the first national park in Québec to protect a purely marine environment. Whales are drawn to the rich food supply stirred up by the mixing of waters here, including a colony of belugas. This is a popular whale watching location, with a number of operators in the region.

₋This park is managed by Isao Shibuya.

₋Address: 182 Rue de l'Église, Tadoussac, QC G0T 2A0

₋Website: http://parcmarin.qc.ca/home/

2.Societe Duvetnor Ltee

₋Bright or enveloped in mist, they will charm you! The three islands of the small archipelago are home to large colonies of water birds. One of them is home to the Pot Lighthouse, a historic building built on a tiny headland, where you can spend a night in the spirit of the last century.

₋There are forty kilometers of marked trails, exclusively for walkers, campsites, chalets, the Auberge du Lièvre, observation terraces and a café where you can rest. You certainly won't have enough a day to explore it all!

₋Website: https://duvetnor.com/

3.Bas-Saint-Laurent

₋The Bas-Saint-Laurent stretches along the river, from La Pocatière to Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer, and plunges into the hinterland to New Brunswick. The exceptional geographic location of Bas-Saint-Laurent gives it spectacular and diverse landscapes: sea, plains, islands, mountains and valleys. The duality of land and sea brings its share of wealth in activities and pleasures of the table. Cruises, maritime interpretation activities and water sports allow you to explore the marine world. The hinterland, for its part, offers outdoor centers, hiking, and winter sports such as snowmobiling and dog sledding. In order to delight the taste buds, the various local products will satisfy the finest palates: chocolate, cheese and delicacies from the sea.

₋Website: https://www.quebecvacances.com/bas-saint-laurent

VI.History

₋The city was named after the nearby river, whose name means Wolf's River in French. This name may have come from a native tribe known as "Les Loups" or from the many seals, known in French as loup-marin (sea wolves), once found at the river's mouth.

₋Rivière-du-Loup was established in 1673 as the seigneurie of Sieur Charles-Aubert de la Chesnaye. The community was incorporated as the village of Fraserville, in honour of early Scottish settler Alexander Fraser, in 1850, and became a city in 1910. The city reverted to its original name, Rivière-du-Loup, in 1919.

₋Between 1850 and 1919, the city saw large increases in its anglophone population. Most of them left the region by the 1950s. 1% of the population still speaks English as its first language.

₋In fall of 1950 Rivière-du-Loup was the site of a nuclear accident. A USAF B-50 was returning a nuclear bomb to the USA. The bomb was released due to engine troubles, and then was destroyed in a non-nuclear detonation before it hit the ground. The explosion scattered nearly 100 pounds (45 kg) of uranium (U-238).

VII.Other Information

₋Notable people

₋Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, had a summer home in Rivière-du-Loup.

₋People born there include:

 Danielle April, artist

 Joseph Jean Benoit, 31st Canadian Surgeon General

 Nicolas Dickner, writer

 Dr. John McLoughlin, known as "the father of Oregon"

 Louis-Philippe Picard, member of the House of Commons of Canada

 Maurice Arthur Pope, soldier and diplomat

 Allan Sirois, professional hockey player

 Alexandre-Antonin Taché, first Archbishop of Saint Boniface

VIII.Contact Information

₋Government

 Mayor: Sylvie Vignet

 Federal riding: Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup

₋City Hall

₋Address: 65 Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Rivière-du-Loup, QC G5R 3Y7

₋Opened: 1916

₋Phone: (418) 867-6700

₋Website: https://villerdl.ca/en/loisirs/tourism-and-culture/heritage