Rivière-du-Loup

Rivière -du -Loup is a town in the eponymous Canadian County Rivière -du -Loup, while their capital. The city on the western shore of the St. Lawrence River in 2010 counted a total of 19,192 inhabitants and has an area of ​​84.23 km ².

History

Rivière -du -Loup was founded in 1673 by Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye. The name derives from the eponymous river nearby Rivière du Loup, bearing the French name "Wolf River ". 1850, the growing congregation the settler Alexandre Fraser was renamed in honor in Fraser Ville and received city rights in 1910. 1919, the city received back their original names.

Traffic

Rivière -du -Loup is located between Quebec, the Maritimes and the Gaspé Peninsula. The Trans-Canada Highway runs from Québec coming to Rivière -du -Loup, and then forks of the Autoroute 20 to Autoroute 85 south to Edmunston. The extending further north Route 20 leads to Rimouski.

A ferry service connects the city with Saint -Simeon, on the opposite bank of the St. Lawrence River. There are also about ten kilometers southwest of the city center is a small airfield. Rivière -du -Loup is connected to the railway network of VIA Rail Canada.

Attractions

• The Catholic Church Saint -Patrice in the town center was built in 1855-1856.
• At the same Rivière -du -Loup is a small waterfall.

Personalities

• Alexandre- Antonin Taché (1823-1894), first Roman Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Saint -Boniface